in january, 1983, kilauea erupts, blasting lava high into the air.nd his crew begin to film the explosive events. >> the high fountain back in the '80s once a month, every three weeks it would high fountain 800 to 1,500 feet in the air. it was absolutely amazing. >> this high fountaining is a spectacle, but looks could be deceiving. it's not explosive like mount st. helens. thus the hawaiian volcano is les likely to dump ash on surrounding towns. 20 miles away, it's not in imminent danger, that is until something changes. >> late 1986. it stopped high fountaining and started to form lava flows and lava tubes which is the transportation system that allows the lava to go long distances. >> because of this new tube formation in 1986, is lava flowing from it has a greater reach putting nearby towns on high aletter. many residents of kalapana have a theological explanation for all of this. some hawaiians attribute the predictable volcanic activity to to the goddess pele. >> the fire goddess in hawaiian mythology it is the manifestation pele. when she's ac