The lava hisses, crackles and sizzles. It roars like an engine, the sheer force causing an audible whoosh as it sloshes and bubbles.
It shoots into the sky, bright orange and full of danger, or oozes along the pavement, a giant bubbling blob of black marshmallow-looking mess, crushing homes and making roads impassable.
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For the past week, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has spewed lava into the air, destroyed homes, forced residents into shelters and agitated an otherwise cheerful, small community where everyone is a neighbor. Take a look at some of the most arresting images from Thursday's eruption and the tense days that led up.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lava flows and hazardous volcanic particles continue to be emitted by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, June 9. (Paradise Helicopters)
Lava flows and hazardous volcanic particles continue to be emitted by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, June 9. (Paradise Helicopters)
Lava flows and hazardous volcanic particles continue to be emitted by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, June 9. (Paradise Helicopters)
Lava flows and hazardous volcanic particles continue to be emitted by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, June 9. (Paradise Helicopters)
Lava flows and hazardous volcanic particles continue to be emitted by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, June 9. (Paradise Helicopters)
Kilauea's lower East Rift Zone, showing continued fountaining of a fissure and the lava flow channel fed by it near the town of Kapoho on the island of Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
The remains of the Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision and a fissure flow front at the town of Kapoho on the island of Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
This satellite image provided by Digital Globe captured June 5, 2018, shows lava flows on most of Kapoho Bay in Hawaii. (Satellite Image ©2018 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company via A)
A fissure continues to blast lava several hundred feet in the air and flow towards Kapoho as the Kilauea Volcano lower east rift zone eruption continues on June 6, 2018, in Pahoa. (LE Baskow/AP Photo)
Lava from a fissure flowing into the ocean at Kapoho Bay at Kapoho on the island of Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
An aerial view of fissure 22 looking toward the south, as Kilauea Volcano continues its eruption cycle near Pahoa on the island of Kilauea, Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
Lava sends up clouds of steam and toxic gases as it enters the Pacific Ocean as Kilauea Volcano continues its eruption cycle near Pahoa on the island of Kilauea, Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
Lava erupts from a fissure in the Leilani Estates neighborhood near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii. (Grace Simoneau/FEMA via AP)
Heath Dalton, right, and Jim Carpenter take pictures as fissures spew lava in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
A photographer records lava erupting from a fissure in Kapoho, Hawaii Monday, May 21, 2018. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
Steam plumes rise as lava enters the Pacific Ocean, after flowing to the water from a Kilauea volcano fissure, on Hawaii's Big Island on May 21, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
This Saturday, May 19, 2018, at 8:18 AM HST, aerial photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava flows emerging from the elongated fissure. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
Lava explodes above a tree on Kilauea volcano, Sunday, May 20, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (Caleb Jones/AP Photo)
Lava from Kilauea volcano lights up the evening sky near Pahoa, Hawaii, Saturday, May 19, 2018 (Caleb Jones/AP Photo)
Members of the media record a wall of lava entering the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
Lava enters the ocean off Highway 137 near Pahoa, Hawaii, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
This Thursday, May 17, 2018 image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a view of the ash plume resulting from an early morning explosion at Kilauea Volcano, in Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey/HVO via AP)
Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of Kilauea volcano, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Volcanic gases and ash rise from recent lava fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii on Monday, May 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of Kilauea volcano, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Gases rise from lava fissure 18 after it erupted early Sunday, May 13, 2018, near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of Kilauea volcano, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Officials on the Big Island of Hawaii say some vents formed by Kilauea are releasing such high levels of sulfur dioxide that the gas poses an immediate danger to anyone nearby. ((U.S. Geological Survey via AP))
Gases rise from lava fissure 18 after it erupted early Sunday, May 13, 2018, near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of Kilauea volcano, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Lava shoots into the night sky from active fissures on the lower east rift of Kilauea volcano, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
In this May 13, 2018 frame from video released by the U.S. Geological Survey, gases rise from a fissure near Pahoa, Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
Volcanic gases and ash rise from recent lava fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii on Monday, May 14, 2018. The field of hardened lava rocks in the foreground is from previous eruptions. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
This May 16, 2018, image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows lava spattering from an area between active Fissures 16 and 20. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
Kilauea's summit crater glows red in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A plume of ash rises from the Puu Oo vent on Hawaiiâs Kilauea Volcano after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, Thursday, May 3, 2018. (USGS/AP)
In this April 22, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava spatters at the edge of Kilauea's Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (USGS/AP)
Lava is shown burning in Leilani Estates subdivision near the town of Pahoa on Hawaii's Big Island. (USGS/AP)
This Saturday, May 5, 2018, photo shows lava from fissure 7 slowly advancing to the northeast on Hookapu Street in Leilani Estates. (USGS/AP)
In this photo released by U.S. Geological Survey, ash plume rises above the Puu Oo vent, on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (USGS/AP)
In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018, photo, an ash column rises from the crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. (USGS/AP)
This Monday, May 7, 2018, photo from the U.S. Geological Survey shows cracks in Highway 130, outlined on orange paint, in the Leilani Estates subdivision. (USGS/AP)