Lava shoots through a 500-foot-long fissure in the middle of a Hawaiian neighborhood

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A fissure nearly 500 feet long opened up in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in Hawaii Thursday evening, spewing lava into the air for around two hours.

The lava didn’t engulf any homes but prompted some evacuations. The molten rock only traveled around a few yards from the large crack, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey. 

This volcanic behavior, while exciting, is normal for the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano, which is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. It’s been flowing continuously since the 1980s, though not always invading communities. 

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