Man Dives Into An Active Volcano With A GoPro, Calls It A 'Window Into Hell'

[Shadow]

Not sure why anyone would do this...but the footage is pretty neat.

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George Kourounis stood at the edge of a red-hot lava lake, fiery molten rock gurgling just feet away as caustic acid rain splashed his protective suit.
It was a "window into hell," he said. "Dramatic and violent."


Kourounis is an explorer and documentarian, and last month, he and fellow explorer Sam Cossman dived deep into the Marum crater, located in an active volcano in the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific -- and the fearless duo brought cameras in with them to capture their momentous adventure.
(Watch the astounding footage, taken with a GoPro, as well as with a Canon 5D Mark III camera and a Sony NX Cam, in the video above.)
"Going down into the crater of Marum has been a dream of mine for many years," Kourounis told The Huffington Post via email. "It was exhilarating, to say the least."




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5774706.html

[NightTrain]

Nice little R-44 helo... I've spent a lot of time in those, they cost about 1/3 to operate than a typical turbine powered helo. They have an opposing 6-cylinder engine in those, too... supposedly the safest piston driven engine ever made.

Looks like a window to hell, all except I didn't see Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Rosie O'Donnell down there waiting. [/shudder]

Cool video, you wouldn't see me down that close to the lava. One small flare and that would be it, suit or not.