Forest Succumbs to Lava - Hawaii April 2010.mp4

In this seven-minute movie, shot at dawn April 23, 2010, you will see trees toppled into molten lava (@1:40) and burst into flames - Beginning (@3:10) lava breaks out, flows down burning ferns and busrts out & broadens (@ 4:40). Throughout the movie you will hear the crackling of fires, small methane gas explosions and at least five varieties of birds chirping and one buffo toad croaking...

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• KumukahiHawk video
• kipuka lava Hawaii
• lava burns forest
• forest succumbs to lava
• April 2010 molten lava Hawaii
• highway 130 lava flow 2010

[travelinwahine]

Your photography is really wonderful.

[rainyn]

Where were you standing?! I kept waiting for the cameraman to start moving away or something. Amazing to see a single blade of grass when the lava first touches it... it flares up in flames, topples over into the flow and is utterly consumed.

[zesty29]

The life cycle...by Mother Nature

Hawaii is so alive, even in it's destruction

[oonasong]

Good-bye Kipuka! Goodbye trees. I don't think the birds are singing, I think they are worrying....they sound agitated. Amazing sound on this video - i feel like I am in the midst of he crackling , toppling and sizzling... Pele is so powerful.

[yeimaya]

So sad hearing birds singing at the edge of such destruction of their homes.