This Lava is OUT OF CONTROL

And once again, the lava tube has broken through and is flowing better than ever:

Lava Flow Video

They must be using drones to get these awesome videos.

And because stupid knows no bounds... here's a video of a guy SWIMMING in the boiling water under the lava flow.

SWIMMING with Lava Video

Aloha y'all!

And Yet ANOTHER Lava Update !!!!!!!!!!!

A couple of days after my last lava post, the cliff collapsed again and changed the lava flow yet AGAIN.

Here’s what it looked like as it happened:

Latest Cliff Collapse Video

This is from a local news report. Lots of talking. You really don’t need sound to see what happened.

Stay tuned... It's anybody's guess what will happen tomorrow.

Aloha y'all!

Amazing Lava Update

I'm sure you've seen on your local news about the big collapse on New Year's Eve. The delta --previously formed by this flow-- collapsed (20 acres worth) and a section of the cliff (the exact spot where I was standing last summer) also fell away. Luckily, no one was close enough to get hurt.

This collapse exposed the lava tube, which is frequently described as a fire hose. So the lava is no longer oozing out (as shown in my previous videos). It's GUSHING in the most amazing way.

This is what it looked like earlier this week:

USGS Lava Flow Video

Turn on sound if you can. The geologist who narrates is very good.

Aloha!