A Boston man hoping to get an up-close view of the Kilauea eruption at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was injured after falling off a cliff in the dark, a National Park Service spokesperson said. The 30-year-old visitor suffered only minor facial injuries despite falling 30 feet off the steep cliff on the night of June 11.

Image via Shutterstock Mistakes were certainly made, to say the least. A tourist ended up taking a stumble off a steep cliff and falling nearly 30 feet while trying to get a closer view of the Kilauea volcanic eruption.

According to a statement from the agency, the man, whose identity has not been released, ventured off-trail in an attempt to get a closer look at the Kīlauea volcano eruption. The man told rangers that he got too close to the sheer cliff edge and fell, sustaining minor facial injuries.