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Is tell people about the experience. most of us would never have the chance to be up close and personal with an active lava flow. when you dont have the fountains and the spatter, it is a little more safe to go up close. i sampled flowing lava. it erupts in about 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. this particular mauna loua flow -- mauna loa flow is 2,113 degrees. when you walk up to this flow and it is oozing slowly, you can actually hear the lava breaking as the top layer cools and the inside stays mol...

Far away enough that we dont quite feel the heat, but you can imagine the heat thats coming out of the middle of the earth. >> now, there are initially concerns about folks stopping along the main highway and causing a traffic hazard to watch the lava. since then officials opened a lava viewing area and were surrounded by folks taking pictures and taking in the awe-inspiring sight. david: its a once in a lifetime view youve got there behind you. thank you for that, max. appreciate it. the big ap...

Give folks up to two days notice should the lava make its way onto that major thoroughfare cutting off the highway. they warn there is no forecasting for the flow of lava. joining us now by phone is hawaii senator hirono. a lot of people are curious to see this upclose and have been rush to go that area, as you know. the eruption propelled lava up to 148 feet. several flows were 100 yards thick. they have to be careful. >> well, that is the message that they should be careful f. year driving o...

My hand to prevent the raid kwrapbt heat from really driving me nuts. you reach out blindly and you use a rock hammer. it is a hammer that is specially designed for gee kwrol -- geology work. there is no separate handle and head. it is all one piece. you reach out and stick it into the lava which is like a taff -- taffy and then you pull back, you get some stuck to the hammer and drop it into a can of tab water so it cools quickly and it preserves the minerals and the glasses and you can take it...

Though it is something that they are taking in and enjoying, they are also very vigilant and making sure updates dont mean something for what they should expect for their own lives. they experience that certainly in 2018 with kilauea and it took out homes and many are still trying to rebuild their lives four years after that. for now, jim, this is a moment that they are enjoying, and they want others to enjoy it as well. locals are continuing to say, yeah, we want visitors to come in and we can ...

>> yes. in fact,, even as this volcanic eruption is happening, there is another island off the island of the big island, which we monitor. it will be a number of million or so year before another island pops up. but to in, all the islands are created through volcanic activity. anyone who has driven along the big island can see the lava flow can understand it takes a long time for the lava to break down. we are still a young state geologically speaking. >> and a beautiful state. senator mazie hir...

Experts say those are acid gases. officials monitoring the levels warning it could become toxic for residents and visitors of the big island. mauna loa is the second of the big islands still erupting. kilauea still rumbling after destroying homes in 2018. >> this is very significant. we were on owe wahhaj, we brought them over here as an offering. just to come as respect. >> reporter: but many hawaiians see the path of destruction as simultaneous creation, surfacing from this, the worlds largest...

One of the worlds largest active volcanos spews more molten lava. a river of flaming hot molten rock is inching closer to a major hawaiian islands. foups of lava shooting more than 100 feet in the air, a spectacle attractsing many to the big island. david culver is there. >> reporter: the nighttime glow of mauna loas oozing lava, well, you just have to pull over to properly admire it. its basically the middle of the night and you guys are out here. why? >> well, i mean, this is a once-in-a-lifet...

Visitors and hopings to see the awe-inspiring glow of lava. scientists dont know how long the eruption will lost. volcanic smog is a concern here, caused by the gases emitted from the volcano that can potentially be harmful. officials are currently monitoring air quality levels. and while the highway could eventually be in the path, no evacuation orders needed to be issued and no homes currently threatened, a relief to hawaiis mayor who had concerns when the volcano began erupting. >> there was ...

We saw david culver driving on. is there any talk of drtrying t divert or somehow stop the lava from getting on to the highway? >> there is not. and that is a fraught conversation. there is often questions about this when lava flows start going into areas that have -- that would impact infrastructure or homes. but there are cultural significances as you covered in the story before and also its just not certain that the lava would stop. i mean, if there is lava coming out of the volcano, feeding ...