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Hello It’s The End Of The World In Hawaii And It Looks Fucking Sick

The timelapse footage is BONKERS.

by Max Koslowski  8 May 2018
Hawaii lava

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Uh, guys? The world is ending. Hawaii’s Big Island has been hit by a big volcanic eruption, and lava has started to emerge from fissures in the ground, engulfing homes, cars and everything else in its path.

And it looks sick.

Exhibit number one: this time lapse video of a car getting swamped by hell itself.

Time lapse from dash cam of the wall of lava consuming the Ford Mustang.

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And these pics of the creature from the Upside Down emerging from hibernation:

How about this gate getting monstered by an onslaught of angry rocks:

The lava is coming from the Kilauea, one of the five volcanoes that make up Hawaii’s Big Island, and it’s actually erupted relatively often since the 1980s. In 1990, it destroyed a whole town.

This time around, at least 35 houses have been destroyed according to Reuters, and thousands have been evacuated. According to Hawaii Public Radio, some “lava fountains” were shooting hot rock almost 100 metres high.

“Authorities emphasised that the eruption remains dangerous and constantly changing,” reporter Jackie Young said. “Warnings were also reiterated about the toxic levels of sulfur dioxide gas. Some first responders have already been sickened from exposure.”

The fissures spurting all this lava emerged after hundreds of small earthquakes hit Hawaii earlier in the week.

According to one real estate agent interviewed by Reuters, holiday-goers have cancelled reservations because of the volcanic event.

But the agent, Jessica Gauthier, said that this could be the start of a new brand of tourism.

“Within a month we’ll start getting lava tourists,” she said.

Trip to Hawaii, anyone?