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Leighton Lum

Your Shot photographer Leighton Lum went to the beach in Honolulu, Hawaii at low tide. "The sun started to go down and the sky started to glow," describes Lum. "Definitely one of the best sunsets so far this year!"

Your Shot photographer Leighton Lum encountered this young humpback whale while diving in Tonga. "It was amazing to see this wild animal so free and playful without a care in the world!" he remembers. "We spent over an hour with this curious calf and she even followed us back to the boat wanting to play some more."

“After poking around the coast line of Hawaii, I stumbled upon this hidden cave with sea turtles venturing out of the water,” writes Your Shot photographer Leighton Lum. “It was quite amazing hanging out all afternoon with these living dinosaurs.”

Steam and smoke rise into the sky as lava from Kīlauea meets the Pacific Ocean off of the big island of Hawaiʻi. The volcano is one of the most active in the world; it recently began erupting in May 2018.