At the Lake of Fire – Abseiling into Marum Volcano Crater

May 1, 2016Special ArrangementChallenge, Department of Terrestrial Exploration, Issue Forty Two, Note, The Overseas Expeditionary Serviceadventure, Cartography, Climbing, Exploration, Geology, lava, Mountains, Nature, Ropework, volcano

It has been a few years since I came across Geoff Mackley’s body of work, and the image of a silver figure next to a lake of fire has remained vivid in my memory. Over in Vanuatu, to the northwest of the Australian tectonic plate, the basaltic shield volcano of Ambryn contains a very rare and hypnotic lava lake. Geoff and his colleagues descended to the rim of the lake itself and have shared these spectacular moving images of a surreal sight.

You can learn more about Geoff’s work at his web page and more about Ambryn at the Earth Observatory.

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