Kilauea volcano continues to erupt on Hawaii’s Big Island

Lava flows into the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii. The volcanic chain of events began April 30 with the collapse of a lava-filled crater 12 miles east of Kilauea’s summit and the lava draining underground.

People take pictures as lava pours into the ocean, generating plumes of steam near Pahoa, Hawaii. Lava from a collapsed crater began oozing and spewing through fissures in the ground May 3, consuming homes, cars and roads.

Steam and volcanic gases rise as lava enters the Pacific Ocean. Officials are warning people on Hawaii’s Big Island about a combination of lava and haze. “Laze is when hot lava hits the ocean sending hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles in the air,” the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency told the public May 20.

People play golf as an ash plume rises in the distance from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Eruptive activity from the Kilauea volcano continues in the vicinity of fissure 17 on Hawaii’s Big Island.

National Guard troops patrol the area along Leilani Avenue in Hawaii following volcanic activity in Leilani Estates.

Lava flows at a new fissure in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island as a local resident walks nearby after taking photos.

A lava fissure erupts from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Plants grow in cracks on a hardened lava flow from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island in Pahoa, Hawaii.

A lava flow from the Kilauea volcano cools near homes in the vicinity of fissure 17, on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Lava from the Kilauea volcano moves across the road in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii.