Aerial Photos Catch Lava Creeping Toward Hawaii Town

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NBC News photographer Jim Seida took to the air to see a 2,000-degree river of molten rock that's burning its way towards the Hawaiian town of Pahoa.

People walk across a lava flow that crossed Cemetery Road outside Pahoa, Hawaii on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. The lava flow, originating from the Pu'u o'o vent on the flank of Mt. Kilauea, is slowly moving toward a populated portion of the town, burning everything in its path.Jim Seida / NBC News

Oct. 29, 2014, 8:54 AM EDT / Updated Oct. 29, 2014, 8:59 AM EDT

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