Lava flowing from Kilauea volcano reaches Pacific Ocean - in pictures

Kilauea has burned 40 structures, including two dozen homes, since it began erupting in people's backyards in the Leilani Estates neighborhood on May 3

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  People take pictures as lava enters the ocean, generating plumes of steam near Pahoa, Hawaii. Jae Hong / AP Photo

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  Lava flows into the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Pahoa, during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

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  People watch as lava flows into the Pacific Ocean southeast of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

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  Lava entering the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii. The ongoing eruption of Kilauea is the largest in decades, destroying more than 40 homes to date, and displacing thousands. USGS / EPA

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  Steam and volcanic gases rise as lava flows into the Pacific Ocean southeast of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

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  Lava flows into the Pacific Ocean southeast of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

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  Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anthony, of the Hawaii National Guard, measures sulfur dioxide gas levels at a lava flow on Highway 137 southeast of Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

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