"A tree had broken the man’s fall and prevented him from plunging another hundred feet or so to the caldera floor, which could have resulted in his death," Hawaii Volcanoes National Park officials said.

A man plunged 30 feet from a cliff after going off-trail to get a better view of an erupting volcano in Hawaii, officials said. The 30-year-old sustained minor injuries to his face, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park wrote in a June 13 post on Facebook.