2018 Lava Flow @ Leilani Estates

This rock is only about 6 years old! In 2018 an underground lava flow that started 26 miles away in Volcano National Park, broke the surface in the residential area known as Leilani Estates. The lava poured across the residential streets and backyards in long red streams and volcanic fountains for 6 months.

Destroying 716 homes turning an entire community into a solid black mass of rock. Take time to look at the map: people are still living in homes that are across the street from where the lava stopped.

Marc, walked about 150 yards across the flow to take the last 4 photos. They show the depression that used to be a lava lake.Read more