Hot lava entering the Pacific Ocean creates a dense white plume called 'laze', short for lava haze, in southeast of Pahoa, during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii on May 20. United States Geological Survey / Reuters
Hot lava entering the Pacific Ocean creates a dense white plume called 'laze', short for lava haze, in southeast of Pahoa, during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii on May 20. United SShow more

Hawaii volcano generates toxic gas plume called laze




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