Post by alienbeing on Oct 3, 2010 7:37:27 GMT 10
Daredevils abseil into the depths of a live volcano
This amazing video show daredevil climbers risking their lives as they abseil into into a boiling volcano splashing with red-hot lava.
The stunt-men don silver heat proof suits as they use climbing ropes to slowly lower themselves down the treacherous rocks towards the fiery lake.
They pitch a tent 500metres down the inside of the smoldering volcano while using oxygen canisters to breath due to the lack of oxygen.
Incredibly, the extreme climbers turn and smile to wave at the camera as boiling lava spews 50ft into the air below them.
Crackles and pops can be heard as the ferocious volcano simmers threateningly just several years after it last erupted.
The video has become an internet sensation after it was filmed by vulcanologist Geoff Mackley at Marum volcano on Ambrym Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Geoff says on his website: 'Nothing else in life will ever compare to the mind-blowing rush of being so close to a spectacle like this.
'Our team in Vanuatu abseiled 500 vertical metres into the Marum volcano on Ambrym Island to the very edge of a huge lake of violently boiling lava .'
A vulcanologist told the MailOnline that it is possible to walk right up to a stream of lava - though touching it, of course, is - shall we say - not recommended.
Geoff, who lives in New Zealand, claims to have scaled dozens of deadly volcanoes in remote locations around the world.
The film-maker and photographer flies to the dangerous spots and posts the pictures on his website.
But his latest expedition with a team of several other men is the furthest that they have ever abseiled into the jaws of a live volcano.
The men are believed to be the first people who have ever dared ventured so close the Marum volcano which has erupted several times over the last century.
The volcano is found on the tiny Ambrym Island which is among 82 others in the Vanuatu archipeligo around 400 miles from Australia.
Just 8,000 people live on the island which has an area of 257 square miles.
A recent undersea eruption in November 2008 measured 6.4 in magnitude with no casualties.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317168/Too-hot-handle-Daredevils-abseil-depths-live-volcano-boiling-hot-lava.html
This amazing video show daredevil climbers risking their lives as they abseil into into a boiling volcano splashing with red-hot lava.
The stunt-men don silver heat proof suits as they use climbing ropes to slowly lower themselves down the treacherous rocks towards the fiery lake.
They pitch a tent 500metres down the inside of the smoldering volcano while using oxygen canisters to breath due to the lack of oxygen.
Incredibly, the extreme climbers turn and smile to wave at the camera as boiling lava spews 50ft into the air below them.
Crackles and pops can be heard as the ferocious volcano simmers threateningly just several years after it last erupted.
The video has become an internet sensation after it was filmed by vulcanologist Geoff Mackley at Marum volcano on Ambrym Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Geoff says on his website: 'Nothing else in life will ever compare to the mind-blowing rush of being so close to a spectacle like this.
'Our team in Vanuatu abseiled 500 vertical metres into the Marum volcano on Ambrym Island to the very edge of a huge lake of violently boiling lava .'
A vulcanologist told the MailOnline that it is possible to walk right up to a stream of lava - though touching it, of course, is - shall we say - not recommended.
Geoff, who lives in New Zealand, claims to have scaled dozens of deadly volcanoes in remote locations around the world.
The film-maker and photographer flies to the dangerous spots and posts the pictures on his website.
But his latest expedition with a team of several other men is the furthest that they have ever abseiled into the jaws of a live volcano.
The men are believed to be the first people who have ever dared ventured so close the Marum volcano which has erupted several times over the last century.
The volcano is found on the tiny Ambrym Island which is among 82 others in the Vanuatu archipeligo around 400 miles from Australia.
Just 8,000 people live on the island which has an area of 257 square miles.
A recent undersea eruption in November 2008 measured 6.4 in magnitude with no casualties.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317168/Too-hot-handle-Daredevils-abseil-depths-live-volcano-boiling-hot-lava.html