Watch lava from a Hawaiian volcano dramatically swallow a forest

Six and a half miles of hot lava is oozing its way from Hawaii's Kilaueu volcano to the sea, a glacial-paced march that began on May 24. Now less than a mile from the ocean, the lava flow is embracing the physical theory of the path of least resistance by burning straight through a forest:

Although it will be three to five more days before the lava enters the ocean, the results of this round are plenty clear: Lava 1, forest 0.

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