[00:00.60]Pouring into the sea, Hawaii's lava has forged almost two and a half square kilometres of new land in less than 25 years
[00:10.01]It's cold, hard rock - bleak, threatening and barren
[00:16.94]But there are some colonisers who just won't be put off
[00:20.98]'Ohi'a lehua, a native plant and symbol of Hawaii, is among the first to flourish on this new land
[00:30.71]This spindly bush will grow into a 30-metre-tall tree, its bright flowers are food for a variety of birds, like these Hawaiian honeycreepers
[00:41.42]But how on earth can a seed become a tree in a place where there is no soil and no sign of fresh water?