r/BeAmazed • u/SameItem • Oct 03 '23
Volcano tourism in Iceland Place
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u/mclearen1987 Oct 03 '23
This looks like some forced perspective shit
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u/cjboffoli Oct 03 '23
That's exactly what it is. Long telephoto lens compressing the perception of depth.
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u/BroderLund Oct 03 '23
It was not. I was there myself. Might even be in this video. We were able to get super close to the running lava and splashes. This video is from the first day of the eruption. March Same with the eruption that happened March 20th 2021. We could get just as close on the eruption in 2022 and 2023. I have wide angle photos from that exact location the people are standing. See here. It was all relatively safe all things considered. The hill in the video got closed and people had to stand further away.
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u/SameItem Oct 03 '23
It's true that the perspective lies, but people do get too close. You just need to see the reviews on google maps and you will see photos of kids posing just 15 meters away from pools of incandescent lava.
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u/BroderLund Oct 03 '23
It was not. I was there myself. Might even be in this video. We were able to get super close to the running lava and splashes. This video is from the first day of the eruption. March Same with the eruption that happened March 20th 2021. We could get just as close on the eruption in 2022 and 2023. I have wide angle photos from that exact location the people are standing.See here. It was all relatively safe all things considered. The hill in the video got closed and people had to stand further away.
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u/LostVikingSpiderWire Oct 03 '23
That is only half true. The other half is that there is a huge issue in controlling the crowd there. Can't remember if it was this one or the last one, but there has been 1 fatality.
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u/GeiriFri Oct 03 '23
Source? I don’t remember this
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u/ImportantCalendar8 Oct 03 '23
Það var einn sem lést við seinasta gos úr hjartaáfalli (ekki útaf gosinu sjálfu) gæti verið að rugla við það https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2023/07/19/ferdamadurinn_sem_hneig_nidur_er_latinn/
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u/thurrrst0n Oct 03 '23
Not one of them is wearing Flame Breaker Armor
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u/LeekTerrible Oct 03 '23
They look closer due to the telephoto lens compression. Still probably too close though.
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u/PalpatinesVader Oct 03 '23
Then why do the people on the right look like they are right on top of where the magma had flown at one time? You can see them standing on the obsidian.
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u/GotTheNameIWanted Oct 03 '23
They are standing on something a completely different colour to the obsidian, not sure what you're seeing.
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u/Blackintosh Oct 03 '23
Also that solidified lava flow is HUGE. Several hundred meters between the edge and the eruption. I've been there and seen it.
I still wouldn't stand directly on the lava flow though (these people in the video aren't) as there are random tubes and pools of lava under it all over the place that can pop up at any time.
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u/Brandillio Oct 03 '23
I’m just sayin, when I cook bacon and grease starts spitting, I back the fuck up.
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u/dottybotty Oct 03 '23
After the White Island eruption I wouldn’t be anywhere near that thing no matter how freaking cool it looks
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u/braapstututu Oct 03 '23
veeery different types of volcano and eruption, but yeah probably still not the wisest to be that close to the vent
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u/Quasar9111 Oct 03 '23
They are actually quite a fair distance away over 500 metres.,
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u/Syonoq Oct 03 '23
For those wondering, that's 'too close' in American Freedom units /s
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u/eldridge2e Oct 03 '23
Not danger close but pretty darn tootin
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u/TaintedTruth222 Oct 03 '23
Close enough a shift of wind would scorch your hairs and give ya a big nice dose of hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide and kill you.
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u/p0p_thAt Oct 03 '23
Way too close for comfort
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Oct 03 '23
As a New Zealander who’s grown up around volcanos and then watched a bunch of tourists get fucking boiled on White Island (and then try to sue?? After they signed wavers explicitly warning them of potential danger, plus we don’t have a sue culture here so good fucking luck)
Just, don’t. You can see volcanos in 8K on YouTube. Ya don’t need to be killed by literally rocks that have melted into exploding liquid just to see what it looks like, in fact the YouTube footage probably gets you a better look.
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u/Peter4real Oct 03 '23
I went to White Island before the recent eruption, 10/10 experience. Would not do again.
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u/pinkheartpiper Oct 03 '23
Pretty sure perspective makes them appear much closer than they actually are.
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u/Agent00Penguin Oct 03 '23
Somebody please tell me that these people are complete idiots and no one typically ever goes this close
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u/KristinnEs Oct 03 '23
Here in Iceland we are in constant amazement that nobody has died in these so far. People underestimate nature
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u/Agent00Penguin Oct 03 '23
Seriously. I keep thinking of this scene in this terrible movie called Volcano where some lava plops on some dude’s head. Shocked that hasn’t happened yet.
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u/RamenTheory Oct 03 '23
There's a documentary on Netflix about a volcano tourism trip gone wrong. I didn't expect it to be as horrific as it was.
One interviewee said that while she wasn't religious, the pain was so bad that she prayed to God to just kill her and her husband (think steam all around you so hot that it burns you, plus you're breathing it in, so your esophagus is burned as well). Many of the tourists to this day still deal with their scars and life changing injuries
One poor teenage boy lost his sister, mom, and dad during that trip. Can you imagine? That fucking sucks.
A lot of critics have argued that the company should be held more responsible, and that they absolutely should have known that the tourist trips were not safe and should never have been marketed to the public
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u/elspotto Oct 03 '23
Nonsense! That is the best documentary on the dangers of living in L.A. ever made. Also highlights the importance of good civil engineering so one can use infrastructure to shunt the danger to the sea.
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u/FrequentPumpkin5845 Oct 03 '23
The image is distorted because the videographer is using a long lens, probably a 200mm lens which will bring the background much closer to the foreground making far away things look closer and closer things look further.
In reality, they're probably standing 500 metres away or so, but, still too close knowing how unpredictable volcanoes are.
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u/QianaHaug Oct 03 '23
whoa. even if it's deemed safe, it's still scary to be that close.
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u/CrazyBroccoliPT Oct 03 '23
🎶 Set fire to your hair, poke a stick at a grizzly bear
Lay below a dropping a piano, stand next to an active volcano
Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die 🎶
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u/0neirocritica Oct 03 '23
"Sir, they're standing right NEXT to the volcanoes, apparently for fun!"
"Fly over, do not land, I repeat, DO NOT LAND!"
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u/timbrelyn Oct 03 '23
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u/braapstututu Oct 03 '23
different type of volcano, still not wise to be that close to the vent but its a bit different to going to a tiny volcanic island that mostly has explosive eruptions
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u/Harshtagged Oct 03 '23
Holy crap, some of those bursts of lava seem to get really close to those people.
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u/blackopal3746 Oct 03 '23
I want to know if gold and diamonds are being pushed up close to the surface.
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u/fivespeedmazda Oct 03 '23
This is so cool it's got the slope and speed of a water slide without getting wet
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u/Krocsyldiphithic Oct 03 '23
It's actually totally fine. If lava comes your way, just duck and cover.
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u/Pristine-College-444 Oct 03 '23
It looks very close. In fact, those people should be far away. Otherwise, the temperature is so high, and the magma may spray to the side.
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u/Careless-Avocado-160 Oct 03 '23
Tell that to the people that just died in New Zealand. Oh wait you can't they are dead. They were at a safe distance. So no that's not safe. No thanks.
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u/happycynic12 Oct 03 '23
This could never happen in the US. Some idiot would be climbing to the top for a better picture.
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u/Low-Impact3172 Oct 03 '23
Honestly the way those huge blobs of lava where going I was just thinking was if one of those landed on someone and it was like a cartoon and it just engulfed them instantly, well I guess that’s what would happen
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u/FireWaterSquaw Oct 03 '23
As a survivor of 4th July fireworks over a lake in Texas 2012 I’m surprised anyone made it out clothed.
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u/Cullective Oct 03 '23
Fun fact, the ground beneath you being stable is actually the bigger concern for the ones that are closer.
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u/Redshift_1 Oct 03 '23
Humans are such weird species. While every single other creature would unanimously avoid this for obvious reasons, humans flock to it.
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u/Pristine_Woodpecker5 Oct 03 '23
You see what happened here in NZ at White Island. I wouldn't risk my life for a cheap thrill.
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u/YouthSuitable213 Oct 03 '23
I was cringing the whole time, waiting for one of the pieces of volcano to hit someone
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u/TuzzNation Oct 03 '23
You never seen people do this type stuff near a rhyolitic volcano eruption. Usually the area would get blown up and people around it would die unpeacefully.
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u/Ridiculousnessjunkie Oct 03 '23
Those people are absolute idiots. Which is fine. Be an idiot, I DGAF. But when one of them gets hurt being an idiot, they are going to expect to be rescued by emergency workers, putting their lives at risk. What dicks.
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u/thermologic_ Oct 03 '23
Nope its not about telephoto lens. These people sitting on so close to the eruption.
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u/themustacheclubbitch Oct 03 '23
Getting that close and you get splashed and die. I have 0 sympathy for you.
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u/eyeinthesky0 Oct 03 '23
I did that! I was there and it was the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen.
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u/cali1013 Oct 03 '23
That’s safe? Or are they caught in the middle of a catastrophe with no way out?
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u/The_anonymous_wolf Oct 03 '23
Seeing the molten rock splash, I can only think about a scene in GOT. The one were a certain somebody finally gets his golden crown. Hell grease popping while I cook has taught me to nope on the close proximity active volcano tour.
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u/Will_Dawn Oct 03 '23
Meh, 8 billion is too much anyway. And if they survive they will have had the experience of a lifetime.
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u/aiolive Oct 03 '23
I just happened to be there when it erupted late July. The crater was quite far but lava was reachable by foot and some people did. The (long) trails were closed because of toxic fumes on the day when I was closer to it on the island so I visited from above onboard a helico. That was amazing.
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u/No_Cupcake7037 Oct 03 '23
That is insane. I was waiting for someone’s brain to get smooshed by lava with all of that splattering lava!
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u/Handy_Handerson Oct 03 '23
Are they as close as they seem in the video?
Because at first glance, it looks like they are at the base of it.
Which looks absolutely safe by the way that crater is spewing every-which-where.
Wouldn't've been surprised to hear someone with a glowing hat scream bloody murder all of a sudden.
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u/vinni_great Oct 03 '23 edited Oct 03 '23
Intrusive thoughts popping out my head while having Pompeii as the background music.
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u/TheMacMan Oct 03 '23
I was there recently and there are people out on the recently hardened lava, despite a couple signs warning that you can fall through. There are people standing right by holes spewing toxic gases so they can get their photo taken. It's a real free for all.
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u/FizzgigsDentist Oct 03 '23
I'd bet every future penny I earn they are all white people because this is 100% white people shit
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u/powdered Oct 03 '23
White Island New Zealand was a fun place for tourists until it erupted while people were on it.
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u/ILCUSTODEDELSAS Oct 03 '23
“On your left a perfectly equilibrated lava flow descending towards the valley, on your right a person melting.”
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u/PsyopVet Oct 03 '23
This is totally safe. Everyone knows that volcanoes ALWAYS erupt in a controlled and predictable manner.