Flying over on a commercial
helicopter flight they
happened to see this amazing
sight. It appeared that the
bench had broken, and was
blocking the underground flow
into the ocean, so the lava
was shooting out and up at
what looked like 50 to 60 feet
into the air. Filmed with
low-end digital camera on
video mode. May 29 2007 a
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Flying over on a commercial
helicopter flight they
happened to see this amazing
sight. It appeared that the
bench had broken, and was
blocking the underground flow
into the ocean, so the lava
was shooting out and up at
what looked like 50 to 60 feet
into the air. Filmed with
low-end digital camera on
video mode. May 29 2007 at
about 2:30 pm. The helicopter
pilot, a native, had never
seen this in 5 years of flying
and he was as excited as they
were.

Category Travel & Places

Tags volcano, Kilauea, eruption, lava, hawaii