Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa. Two fissures that opened up in a rural Hawaii community have merged to produce faster and more fluid lava.
2/20
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
3/20
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
9/20
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
10/20
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Lava erupts near fissure 17 in Leilani Estates in Pahoa.
11/20
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Flowers are placed on the road as an attribute to the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa today.
12/20
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A resident photographs toxic gases emitting from cracks in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa.
13/20
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Lava flows toward the ocean near Pahoa.
14/20
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Richard Schott prays as lava slowly makes its way toward the ocean near Pahoa.
15/20
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A photographer takes pictures of lava erupting from a fissure near Pahoa.
16/20
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Scientists say the characteristics of lava oozing from fissures in the ground has changed significantly as new magma mixes with decades-old stored lava.
17/20
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A vehicle moves along the road as lava erupts from a fissure near Pahoa.
18/20
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A man photographs lava erupting from from a fissure near Pahoa.
19/20
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Lava burns trees as it flows toward the ocean near Pahoa.
20/20
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Brittany Kimball watches as lava erupts from from a fissure near Pahoa.