Lava isn't like water, snow or mud. It's liquid rock, so it's heavy, sticky and moving underground. It's also nearly 2,000 degrees.

Fissures 1 and 2 are no longer active. Fissure No. 3 remains the dominant source of the largest lava flow, which is slowly creeping toward the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, also known as Saddle Road.

Investigate plant life after a volcanic eruption in Hawaii, where there’s lots of lava!

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new lava flow was spotted on Bagana volcano by a NASA satellite on May 16.(Image credit ...