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Lava surrounds the home of Gary Sleik and ignites the staircase, in Kalapana Gardens, Hawaii, on July 25. Having been under the constant threat of lava flows for the past three years, Sleik had resigned to fact that his home would be taken by the lava at some point.

Inevitability

I don't think I could have waited for three years knowing it would end like this.

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