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reporter: 4:00 in the morning when a plume came into the sky about 30,000 feet they estimate. they ve not been able to look inside just yet but scientists do believe this was in line with that steam event, the lava getting below the water table, lava and water mixing, causing thee eruptions. while that s happening, there are still the residents living in leilani estates and gardens. it looks like we re on a different planet. this is the first real look we ve been able to have to see what it s done to this neighborhood. it doesn t even look like homes were here. this was a road. you can see the power lines down and the sea of lava. this road used to drop off, i m told. now it s rising up into a mountain of molten rock that is still steaming. you can still hear the crunch of the rocks underneath us and these massive fissures that are opening. it s not clear if they will turn into the fissures that will ooze gas and then lava but still this ....