As the reporter in this CBS News report from Hawaii says, “it’s like a scene from the dawn of time, when the world was being remade over and over”. There are rivers and lakes of lava as the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii continues to erupt constantly.
Now, there are also reports of toxic gases being added to the mix of what is making some areas of Hawaii uninhabitable. The blue flames signal the ominous presence of methane.
Here is an 11-hour video of the live stream of the erupting lava. Slide along to watch the scene change as night turns into day, while the volcano continues spewing lava in the air.
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