Lava continued to spew out of Fissure 8 of Big Island's Kilauea volcano on June 23.

Kilauea has been exploding since early May, forcing mass evacuations in the area as resulting lava flows threatened homes and other structures.

This video, filmed by Leilani Estates local Marcus Madson, shows an aerial view of Fissure 8 from just above 3000 feet. He told Newsflare that lava was blistering over 100 feet into the air.

"I'm still trying to figure out how to put into words the feelings I had while looking into the boiling lava of fissure 8. It was many things - terrifying, yet awe inspiring. Solemn, yet thrilling," he said. "It was like an open wound in the earth that for some reason I almost felt guilty looking at. And yet, I couldn't look away."

On Saturday June 23, I flew the three of us all the way from Kauai to Big Island in order to go check out the volcano. It definitely didn't disappoint as we were all in awe looking down into fissure 8 from just above 3000 feet. This video was taken at 12:32pm. Here's my original description:

Today we had the rare treat of flying to the Big Island to check out the eruption. I'm still trying to figure out how to put into words the feelings I had while looking into the boiling lava of fissure 8. It was many things - terrifying, yet awe inspiring. Solemn, yet thrilling. It was like an open wound in the earth that for some reason I almost felt guilty looking at. And yet, I couldn't look away. It's hard to tell the scale from the video, but the fissure was massive, with lava blistering over 100 feet into the air. I stayed well upwind of the smoke plume, but there was still a noticeably strange scent even from above 3000 feet, and I've had a headache ever since the encounter. Still, I'm so very glad we were able to do it!