Volcanic Glass and Acid Mix in Air as Volcano Erupts
BALDWIN: There is no end in sight. Another explosive volcanic eruption in Kawai Kilauea summit and producing those stunning images of plumes of lava bubbling like a fountain and reaches the Pacific Ocean and producing what is called "laze," a mixture of haze and lava and dangerous acid that could produce glass particles. Scott McClain is in the town of Pahoa. I can't get over the pictures. How dangerous is this Laze?</s>SCOTT MCCLAIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is certainly a localized threat. But first, Brooke, let me show you the origin of this. And it is the lava. So, this is the fissure that is causing all of the problems. It is actually five fissures in one. And just look at it. It is shooting high into the sky, it is an amazing, amazing sight to see. Obviously though that lava has to go somewhere. And so, all of these -- this dark stuff here, this is lava that was flowing just a couple of days ago, so you get a sense of how quickly this moves. If fact, about 50 yards into that lava flow that is dry, we're doing live shots in there just a few days ago. Now if you look on the horizon quickly, that white smoke, that is the laze that we're talking about. The mixture of hydrochloric acid and steam and the glass particles. And that makes it dangerous. And if the lava isn't what is pushing people out of their homes and it is for some people, it might be the gas. Sulfur dioxide on parts of the island have tripled in the last couple days.</s>BALDWIN: Unreal. Pahoa, Hawaii, so many people having been to Kilauea as family vacations and now this. Scott McClain, thank you. Coming up next, a gay man describes a surprising meeting with the pope. Hear what Francis told him.