This Drone Footage Showing Lava Flowing From Crack In The Earth Convinced Neighbors To Evacuate

What you see is not a computer simulation, it is an actual drone footage of an event filmed on May 3, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii, USA. You can see a straight horizontal crack in the Earth’s crust and molten lava is seen bubbling and flowing from the inside of the crack. The lava activity is still minor and the surrounding which you can judge by how little the surrounding vegetation is affected. Smoke is rising to the sky from trees and shrubberies around and the entire view seems surreal. Watch the video on the top of the pageShow more

The person responsible for making this video comments this entire event:
"There wasn't any news coverage about the lava flow that was happening except for on social media, mostly Facebook. So, when I heard that there was steam coming out of the vents in a subdivision I used to live in, I got my drone and drove straight over there. This was before any evacuations on the street I was on had occurred. It was in a non-emergency site as well. I could hear the sound of the lava coming out of the earth and it was like rocks in a dryer. It was so loud and the Earth was shaking under my feet. There were some residents around and I was able to show them the live video feed that I had for my drone and they were so grateful to be able to see it because nobody knew what was happening. After about 10 minutes of the Drone being in the air, the police finally came and escorted us out of the area because it was becoming very dangerous."