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At the Lake of Fire – Abseiling into Marum Volcano Crater

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May 1, 2016

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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 north 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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