Man gets dangerously close to a river of lava to take photo amid new warning for Hawaii residents of toxic cloud of GLASS particles and hydrochloric ACID from the Kilauea volcano

Monday, May 21, 2018
By Paul Martin

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has become increasingly hazardous
The man donning shorts and flip-flops was seen taking pictures of a sea of lava that has consumed a valley
Molten rock poured into the ocean and sent clouds of hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass into the air
Lava flows have picked up speed in recent days, spattering molten rock that hit a man in the leg on Saturday
Kilauea volcano began erupting more than two weeks ago and burned dozens of homes

DAILYMAIL.COM
21 May 2018

A man in shorts, T-shirt and flip-flops was seen on Sunday taking pictures of a sea of lava that has consumed a valley and woodland in the Puna District of Hawaii.

The volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island became more hazardous – sending rivers of molten rock pouring into the ocean as well as hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass into the air.

Kilauea volcano began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes, forced thousands of people to flee and shot up ash clouds from its summit that led officials to distribute face masks.

Lava flows have picked up speed in recent days, spattering molten rock that hit a man in the leg, the first major injury to occur.

He was outside his home Saturday in the remote, rural region affected by the volcano when the lava ‘hit him on the shin and shattered everything from there down on his leg,’ Janet Snyder, Hawaii County mayor’s spokeswoman, told the Hawaii News Now TV station.

Lava that’s flying through the air from cracks in the Earth can weigh as much as a refrigerator and even small pieces can be deadly, officials said.

The injury came the same day that lava began streaming across a highway and flowing into the ocean.

The interaction of lava and seawater has created a cloud of steam laced with hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles that can irrigate the skin and eyes and cause breathing problems.

The lava haze, or ‘laze,’ extended as far as 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of where the lava gushed into the ocean on the Big Island’s southern coast.

It was just offshore and running parallel to the coast, said U.S. Geological Survey scientist Wendy Stovall.

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