Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
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Lava from Kilauea Volcano chipped away at the doomed Royal Gardens subdivision for decades. Now more than 75 homes are gone.
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Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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Lava from Kilauea Volcano flows into the ocean near Kalapana, Hawaii.
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Infared satellite imagery shows how lava tubes carry molten basalt from Pu'u 'O'o to the coastal plain.
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After advancing through forest for months, the June 27th lava has started to damage residential properties in Pahoa.
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For several months, residents of the Hawaiian town of Pahoa have been watching the June 27 lava flow warily.
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The most recent flow is pushing northeast into ohia lehua forests in Hawaii’s interior.
Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
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