PEOPLE WERE TOO CLOSE!!! HOW IT ALL STARTED-RAW FOOTAGE FROM THE 2ND DAY!-Iceland Volcano-20.03.2021

[@vamingxiong4376]

I respect the power of nature hence I'm watching this from the safety of my home. 😁

[@mariaordonez695]

👍😊 Yeah!!! 😘

[@ufafgd]

Yes, being anywhere near an active volcano is like sitting in a field next to a tiger and expecting it not to hurt you.

[@davidelliott5843]

Deep earthquakes are getting more powerful. The last one was something like 1500 times heavier than the previous (Richter is a Log scale). It’s anyone’s guess what the next tremour one will do.

[@helengt1028]

😁😁😁

[@mariaordonez695]

@@helengt1028 😂😂👍👍

[@ludoduh]

So many honourable candidates for the Darwin Award in one place ...

[@Widestone001]

It only looks that way due to the long distance filming. I recall there to be a valley between those people and the volcano, several meters deep and 30(ish) meters wide. I followed the rekjavik grapevine channel then, they were there from the beginning.

[@ГалинаМаркина-ш6э]

Боже! Как можно так рисковать своей жизнью!

[@ludoduh]

@@Widestone001 30 meters still not nearly far enough. This thing is unpredictable, spews lava hundreds of meters high. In casa of collapse of the cone these people are french fries.

[@Widestone001]

@@ludoduh True. To be frank, 300 meters would still be too close - that's what drones were invented for! :-)

[@falkhammermuller9342]

Remember, in order to get a Darwin award, you can not have reproduced. Now please check that they all don't have children, so we can get the list ready.

[@mimimac]

These are the same people that would rush to the beach to watch the tsunami😬

[@SurprisedFlyingSaucer-ck9en]

these people dont have the right education to have a family

[@Seaquest112]

All in a cluster with their tongues stuck to the same Frozen lamp post

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

They will also stand on a riverbank during a flood, or go into the desert to film flash floods....up close 😮

[@mekanalopez160]

I lived on the big island (Hawaii) for years, never got this close to Kilauea volcano. These people are insane!! 😳😳

[@cs77smith67]

U saying we insane is offensive and we both know u wouldn't say it to my face.

[@Toasty_Mr.Marsh_]

I wouldn’t say insane more like extremely stupid. And I wouldn’t be there to say it to your face since I’d never put myself in that scenario

[@srJaime98]

@@cs77smith67I’d say it to your face

[@atkkeqnfr]

​@@cs77smith67internet tough guy.

[@dramatyst5661]

​@@srJaime98no you wouldn't 🤡

[@jimpitts8685]

As my elders said when I was young, "don't be a special kind of stupid".

[@strangebiped]

THAT IS: The greatest quote of all time! Thanks for sharing that! ("SEE KIDS, GRANDPA IS A QUIET TYPE OF GENIUS!!")

[@vpete001]

I need to use this quote on my coworkers!!!,😂

[@mattschwarz3553]

Darwin award : and the Winner is ......

[@carolwilliams8840]

Too bad this great quote is lost on them. They're obviously already a special kind of stupid.

[@Emy53]

Amazing footage, but seriously, these people are insane. What are they expecting to see? That lava can turn in any direction at any moment. Would they stand in front of an avalanche's path if they saw it coming at them????

[@lesliemergenthal75]

It's one thing to cook bacon while you are naked, but standing that close to the volcano is dangerous. More than a little grease splatter.

[@codycoffman2932]

Lol this made me laugh, thanks!

[@samuelpena4488]

Lol

[@angelaschnelly]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@todaywefly4370]

That thing has a hiccup and those Darwinians will be a grease spatter.

[@kansasthunderman1]

This video was made with a telephoto lens and they are further away than it looks.

[@bertoray5497]

Awwww. Volcanos are so cute when they're young.

[@barb.gerhard9501]

lol I know it almost makes me feel like diapering and cuddling it down in a crib and giving it a bottle of lighter fluid, and maybe some healthy organic carrosine based snackies, just to hold it over till morning, so cute and precious, lolololol okay its time for me to go away, I've hung out here long enough yaaaaa hahahahaha woe its 12:40 in the am. much much too late. time for bed. God bless

[@ang3licfire843]

😂

[@Morachnyion]

Awe. So true.

[@0xGAB]

@@barb.gerhard9501 LOL thanks you made me laugh hard !

[@copernicofelinis]

Ma(g)ma!

[@natopeacekeeper97]

To quote actor Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park (best I can remember) "Oh yeah, oooh ahhh that's how it always starts then later there's running and screaming." (And potential third-degree burns) Thanks for another stunning video

[@helendimovski1430]

How bloody close do you have to get: What insanity 🔥

[@RoxnDox]

Extreme telephoto compresses the depth of field, making distant objects appear much closer together than they really are. Thos people were really at a pretty safe distance from the actual spatter cone. Yes, they were close to the *flows*, but those are not a dangerous place to be.

[@miked3168]

They want to feel the lava burn their flesh off

[@y2000ad1]

Seems like they wanted to sit next to the glowing red hot lava. Absolutely stupidity.

[@kansasthunderman1]

This video was made with a telephoto lens and they are further away than it looks.

[@barrysims9906]

Trying to light a blunt...lol

[@scrubjay93]

oh look a grizzly bear--let's get a selfie!

[@eikon7073]

I just watched a video where this ACTUALLY happened. The girl started walking up to the bear with her phone out and then when she got close the bear went to maul her dumb ass down. She got away.

[@kiwifarmer8828]

It happens, I have seen people do that when they spotted a grizzly with cubs!

[@doloresboston8571]

@scrubjay93......😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vannlo355]

This is LAVA 🌋

[@johnkreese4706]

I’d rather take a selfie near a grizzly bear….shit safer than this

[@georgevantuyl5837]

I promise to never be within 30 miles of an erupting volcano.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

1 mile would be adequate for a Shield Volcano like this one.

[@jonkessel1649]

Will you pick me up on your way out please

[@albertstern3006]

I promise to never be within 30 miles of stupid people.

[@Kolblue]

@@albertstern3006 Don't make promises you can't keep lol

[@dougkennedy4906]

@@albertstern3006 Good luck with that. Unless your a hermit.

[@Highheels4ever]

Human beings never ceases to amaze me. The people that close to this volcano are insane. This is what I call “insanity at its finest!” Wow 😮 unbelievable.

[@stellviahohenheim]

They're vikings, they want to die by volcano

[@eudoravia7082]

I wonder if one of them actually tried to touch the lava or the sediment 😂

[@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER]

Probably the same people that would vote for 4 more years of Joe Bidens disastrous open border policies.

[@joymills6188]

Stupidity not insanity

[@joymills6188]

Stupidity not insanity

[@LaziUK]

How the human race has avoided extinction thus far is beyond me!

[@PierreJeanPierre]

Probably because this level of dumb is still pretty rare, even by our standards. I mean, we're talking about "posing next to an ongoing eruption like it's the fucking Eiffel Tower" level of stupid, not everyone can reach that.

[@dh88k]

@@PierreJeanPierre These ppl are Icelanders, they live with volcanos. You're simply jealous.

[@StephanieTanner-mh6ot]

Do icelanders regularly carry hiking backpacks around.

[@Huckleberry54]

Because normal (smart) people like us don’t play stupid games with Mother Nature.

[@JensHallgren]

@@StephanieTanner-mh6ot Yes, actually they do.

[@sarita5572]

All fun and games until lava splatters you on your face.

[@Snail_Nailz]

I dunno why but this made me laugh so hard 😂…..ahhh its burning 🥵 🔥

[@enedinavillamor4149]

@@Snail_Nailz 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@strangebiped]

"YES LADIES...REKJEVIK FACIAL DEAD SKIN RENEWER is the LATEST INNOVATION-GET SOME, TODAY!!"

[@steveyeany2899]

That’s what she said!

[@Hcheeza]

No worries, they might just called it kinda special facial treatment 🤔

[@julesybethmedlini]

I literally don’t get too close to my small backyard fire pit. This is mind boggling.

[@pamjgmail9379]

😆 right!

[@johntrojan9653]

They're mezmorized by the Fire and Flame ! 😱. And I am too, AND I'M WATCHING THIS ON MY SMART PHONE ! 👌🌟👌

[@josephcharlemagne3918]

tell me about

[@rainermalia4151]

😂 I was thinking the same thing. Why, people, why.

[@EperogiLimousine]

@@rainermalia4151 it’s an illusion, they’re not that close

[@babyseals4872]

Mother Nature really dropped the ball there. She’s usually very reliable when it comes to teaching lessons

[@megatrontheeloheim5071]

Hall of fame comment

[@spacious0003]

What did you want to see in on screen death? You must be one of those sick people in the head

[@justinwillingale2086]

Maybe she is showing us what she is doing as the lesson

[@manastalksessions]

😂frfr

[@Gentry09]

I’m sitting here wondering how many times dumb tourist went to close and stayed too long and got stuck in between volcano and a lava river? I mean short of the fire department and one of those huge ladder trucks they’d be screwed, you certainly couldn’t put a boat in that flaming river lol. Gotta be American tourists no doubt. They’re always the ones making sure they get their money’s worth. I’m American as well but not at all one of those.

[@bethjackson2255]

OMG! They brought their kids with them there like it's July 4th. GOD'S Mercy, good luck, don't be so relaxed about this, it's not a pet. That stuff splatters on you you are dead in seconds. This is Beth's brother.

[@lyndacompton1846]

You are exactly right

[@aaronmaloney8282]

one little explosion in the volcano and they would melt to death ! This is mental 🤪

[@AlfaGTA156]

Go back to your safe bubble then, I’m off to swim in it🤪 🏊‍♀️ 🔥

[@znsaidi]

@@AlfaGTA156 than go!

[@beverlykirby2646]

They have a dog too

[@sdd827]

Nice- They left their bikes at a safe distance, while they stand about 5 feet away…

[@juliehay]

lol

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I suspect there is quite a lot of foreshortening caused by the camera, but even so, these people... 🤷‍♂️

[@STHFGDBY]

Those fools are way too close..

[@emilligan781]

Haven't these people ever heard of drones

[@DIRECTCURRENT336]

for real! XP LOL; maybe they knew they'd be safe but the bikes wouldn't. Volcanoes might have a soft spot for people sometimes. lol

[@KaeboraGunbunny]

This is called forced perspective by being farther away with a zoom lens. It makes those people look like they're standing right next to it, but they aren't. They're at an adjacent hilltop. Later more violent eruptions did toss lava spatter as far as that hill, so it wasn't entirely safe either. I'm more concerned at how close they are to the edge of the lava field, which can burst open at any time.

[@Andrew-13579]

Exactly!!

[@danielx15one]

My thoughts, too. But lava doesn't safely follow a pattern. It easily could've ejected to the other hill.

[@Nik_TheAstronaut]

People cooked sausages on the hot stones afaik

[@cellissec.1899]

Guess they are on this hill at 15min. Smh. Its too close and they are idiots.

[@kathycavitt3089]

Right !!!! Exactly cause it looks like it might...

[@megatrontheeloheim5071]

The best thing you can do for these ppl when observing from a quarter of a mile away is to encourage them to move closer. -Sincerely, Tough Love

[@DutchTheHooligan]

11:40 that HUGE GLOB just landed inches away from that guy in the red.. unless this is some really whacky camera-depth illusion, this is insanity.

[@mikaelsollgard545]

Tele-objective, nuthin whacky 'bout that ;) Looks like they are standing on a ridge, quite far away..

[@DutchTheHooligan]

@@mikaelsollgard545 I use telephoto lenses on my zoom cams for airsoft, but nothing that zoomed. Wow!

[@mikaelsollgard545]

@@DutchTheHooligan Nevertheless, they're to d**ed close to be safe!

[@motherofallemails]

No, everything lands on that black cone mound, you can literally stand right next to it and it's pretty safe. We have created a nutty world where fear reigns supreme.

[@helthuismartin]

Many people want to die on an original way.

[@sethwinters2112]

Maybe they're all Scientologists waiting to see if "Xenu" shows up.

[@711dolphin4]

🤠ha 😆haa🤭 ha🤣 haa😄 ha😂 haa😅 ha 😆haa🤭 ha🤣 haa🤡

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

Lol

[@TheRisskee]

LOL! You aren't cleared to have that information, sir. 🤣🤣🤣

[@davesnotheremanok2910]

🤣😂Lmao that's hilarious... Did anyone see TOM CRUISE out there waiting to meet Xenu.😁

[@taskcasburn6086]

Or the lava creature from the pizza joint 9 hells down that dwells with the rock people. You just never know.

[@zakiahwilliams1486]

There is no way I would be standing there watching a volcano erupt.

[@smoothlyrough512]

You have common sense. Something you OBVIOUSLY CAN'T teach.

[@vicferrari9380]

I would love to see it live in action! To feel the heat, the shaking of the ground as the sulfur dioxide gas is belching thru the vents. I want to see that high silicon magma flowing by at high speed. To see the surface turn from bright orange to black as the wind blows and helps it cool. My self preservation instinct would keep me far enough back unless it got extra angry. I hope😮

[@cordiachung9120]

Not a laughing matter! This is deadly astounding beauty yet needs to be appreciated and respected from a far away safe distance!

[@just_kos99]

As long as no minor children are involved, I think it's definitely a laughing matter.

[@coloradorocky1298]

He is definitely too far away to get a good selfie. He needs to climb inside the volcano to get a good shot.

[@chanahliorawizenberg4799]

Can’t fix stupid.

[@mbolduc]

We were on the Big Island, mid 1970s, and we went to see the volcano. There was a line beyond which we were asked not to go, and my big brother crossed it and got about half as far away from the lava as the rest of us did. Then the thing belched a bunch of glowing briquets out, a number of which landed between my brother and the rest of us. He sprinted back like an Olympian

[@latonyapoole380]

I was on a cruise to the Big Island and they still have that line and ppl still cross it but by the time we we’re shipping out it had started erupting this was a few years ago

[@MisticWays]

Would have been funny if he had burned alive for doing that dumb stupidity of a stunt! 😂

[@luigi7781]

Cheers mate purple heart for your brother 💜

[@just_kos99]

My brothers wouldn't have been that stupid.

[@iKadaj]

honestly if you see a volcano exploding and just stand there calmly staring at it and get hurt, you have no one to blame but yourself lol

[@dh88k]

If you see a volcano explode it's already too late, this is more like a pressure cooker with a relatively constant lava flow.

[@mf5985]

That person will complain and say "Nobody told me not to stand that close!" Smh..

[@BuckRogers20011]

The wall of that cinder cone could fail and flash fry those people instantaneously.

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

crispy fried critters

[@kathycavitt3089]

Yeah I said that too, cause they wouldn't have time to escape that Hell . They would be vanished period no more people .

[@RejectedInch]

that wall actually collapsed, there's a footage of it, i think in this very channel.

[@maxiel1921]

I hope so. Those stupid people.

[@cornslice8535]

@@DaveD2000 and everyone who climbs mountains deserves to fall and die? Or everyone in planes deserves to crash and burn? Shut up dude.

[@supercellonova]

I've never seen lava flow so rapidly, before. Thank you for this footage! Nicely done!

[@saraantonellamonte1796]

In the Etna, the vulcanoes have the same type of magma.

[@sTraYa249]

Viscous....

[@bellafirst3652]

В любую секунду может обрушиться стена вулкана и всех накроет лавой, как же это глупо.

[@Mr.Cockney]

Darwin awards are more appreciated than Guinness Records! Beautiful images, by the way.

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

we would never know if the village iditos didnt go..

[@ViviBritt]

If they were ‘scientists’ would it make you feeeeeel better? 🙄

[@danielsun6302]

and this is how close people walk straight to hell, it takes a look from a different perspective to realize how blind people can be to the dangers around them.

[@mzdankmuzik]

Maybe they ready to go home 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Rightly_Divided]

Oh that is so true

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

​Is this the time when we are supposed to throw politicians into volcano's to appease the gods ?

[@kathycavitt3089]

Amen Amen

[@k.8935]

Thank you.

[@Jesusismine6511]

That’s insane!!!!! People, that’s LAVA!! You can’t out run flowing lava.

[@honeyspoonbeewrangler4550]

If that gives way, its going to save their families on cremation/burial costs, big time.

[@bellachannell777]

😅😅😅

[@angelaberni8873]

Hilarious 🤣

[@erikafreebird6449]

Ain't that the truth!

[@barbaramori5827]

Haaaaaahahahahahaha that was funny

[@tuesnightmusicclub]

Good point, but those people have enough money anyway...would almost be a blessing

[@AnthonyGoodley]

With people standing so close and Lava being a nice bone warming 2,282 F I expect, no I demand, to see at least a few well done Human sacrifices for my 18:08 invested here. 🔥 ☠️

[@1981cvalentine]

😆😆😆

[@spirituallykolohe9949]

🤣🤣🤣😐 damn right

[@victoriay6246]

This was so damn funny…. Until I realized how true it was….. hahahahaha. I was like 18 min and not even a fried hair. I’d get excited at any one running thinking “Ok here we go” … omg I’m so depraved 😂😂😂

[@michaelbookmiller1156]

You watch the whole thing expecting something major to happen. I was wanting for the side of the volcano to give way or something.

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

​Is this the time when we are supposed to throw politicians into volcano's to appease the gods ?

[@michelea2107]

Who in their right mind thinks “hey! Let’s see how close I can get to this volcano that’s spewing lava?”

[@mrs.webley909]

Tourist

[@invaderzim1265]

I dont know....its just like a moth to a flame. There's just something about it.... I guess it's just mesmerizing. 🔥🦋@_@

[@btsmith]

@@invaderzim1265 that is how the tombstone should read

[@jaebee9308]

Relatives of the Vikings. That's who. 😆

[@matildesantos4215]

Let's see : molten lava , explosive fire , smoke, hot ash, 1500 degree heat , earthquakes , lava bombs , ground fissures beneath your feet, boiling water , deadly gasses , giant boulders on fire raining down on you, thunderous noise that can rupture your ear drums.But I am too smart and want to get close to the volcano , video it and post it on social media.Takes one kind of stupid.

[@Highheels4ever]

Impressive footage of a volcano in Iceland erupting, truly impressive. THANK YOU for this incredible opportunity to watch a volcano erupting, it was superbly captured. Kudos to you on a job well done. Bravo Bravo 👏👏👏👏👍👍😍🙌🙌🙌

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

While I appreciate being able to see this, I can't help but think I am contributing to the insanity by watching.

[@fucku3460]

Nope. You aren't.

[@dougkennedy4906]

No you are not. You are viewing responsibly. The darwin award candidates are not.

[@joshmiller1928]

You're good. It already happened,and people will still be stupid for others pleasure.

[@danicaz1163]

Lets just say we are simply admiring people's stupidity. From a distance. Over a screen.

[@admiralmusclebeard7318]

You're not wrong, there..

[@helensarkisian7491]

3:48 - I understand the fascination and draw to get as close as possible. After all, how often does one have the opportunity to see a real volcano so closely? Still, I’m thinking that spitting lava and intense heat are two very good indicators that you’re waaaaayyyyy too close.

[@kimberlyhood4095]

I would be more concerned with the gasses coming out of that thing, at least you can see where the lava is going.

[@antoniotula262]

Get a good telephoto lens.

[@marco19723]

Those people are beyond stupidity...

[@triciac1019]

My thoughts exactly.

[@conniealford1020]

That's insane!! I was living in Portland, Oregon when Mount St. Helen's blew. That was scary as hell!!😳

[@rsmiller747]

I ws on i5 when mt st Helen's blew. It was incredible see something so powerfull happen. When I was in Italy I watched mt Etna blow its top that was in the late 80s then I got moved to HI and seeing almost a clm volcanoe was spectacular. Just by the luck of traveling I have seen some really cool things. You have to respect nature with the most upmost respect. It can tear the earth apart. But humans will destroy it first.

[@dawneendostert3576]

My husband was playing softball at Amboy when St Helen’s blew. I could feel the earthquakes while sitting on the ground. There were trees and a little hill behind us. I walked up it and looked up into the ash cloud rolling, lightening -right over our heads it seemed. There was so much damage and loss of life from that event I top of being scary. We got ash dumped on us every once in a while from layer eruptions. Had to put filters on the vehicles carburetor.

[@conniealford1020]

@@dawneendostert3576 I remember the ash also. It got into the house, the car, your food, everywhere. Everyone wore masks and it was awful. Shoveling ash was so much worse than shoveling snow!! I thought we'd never get it all cleaned up. Remember the post office machines all breaking down bc people were selling the ash and mailing it?? What a mess!! 😳

[@docholiday7758]

I flew into Seattle via Portland the day St. Helen’s blew for the second time. We all got an incredible view from above.

[@perfectlyimperfect492]

😭 I don't even get that close to my frying pan! They must be fire proof or lil demons 🔥

[@user-Chikotillo]

No they are dumb idiots!

[@diogenes5381]

Drones were made for observing natural phenomenon like this from a safe distance. Utube features like this one allows us to observe the same from an even safer distance!

[@donovanulrich348]

Pretty sure drones were made to spy on us Any assistance they provide is of consequence XD

[@cwb233]

Astounded that those people are that close while lava is shooting out and landing so close to them.

[@alro7779]

Stupid people they are!!!

[@wildflower1397]

Apparently they have not thought very deeply about just how hot you have to get a rock to MELT it. 😂

[@davidboinonen9613]

Gotta get that shot maaan 😂😂😂

[@katiekat4457]

I'm sure they are much further away than it looks through the camera. They are well experienced with volcanos so I'm sure they aren't as close or in as much danger as it seems. But then again....maybe they are that close. I don't even get that close to where they are shooting off fireworks never mind a hot lava spitting volcano.

[@krzysztof9545]

Just watch it closely at 11:42, large chunk of lava is landing next to the guy in red jacket. Play it like 11:35 and watch him.

[@vipahman]

8:12 The fact that not one person moved when the cone splattered all over tells me that this is just telescopic compression and no one was in any danger. Kinda like that giant sun silhouetting the animals in an African savanna photo.

[@phreatomagmatic8016]

Spot on.

[@EddieWeeks]

exactly... it could be 50 meters distance from the base to the people... you just can't tell with a big lens like this

[@goldreverre]

If it was close enough to get hit by flying lumps, they'd naturally be moving back to where it felt safe. Too many finger-wagging nannies in these comments.

[@davidfoss4836]

Leave 'em alone. They're having fun with the comparatively new telescopic compression. There aren't any trees to climb, or grass to roll in, in Iceland, so they have to find new ways of having fun.

[@rabidsamfan]

They were pretty close though. Closer than I would go.

[@alesiadawn5337]

17:08 the thing that makes me SO angry is the disregard for the lives of the rescuers and what their families would have to endure because they wanted to be this close to an active volcano. How about think about more than just yourself once in a while?!?!

[@EperogiLimousine]

You’d better be joking..

[@xavvy8663]

​@@EperogiLimousineCertainly not? It's incredibly stupid to be this close to an active volcano, and can EASILY turn into you being trapped or killed. It's common sense that you don't stand directly beside a literal eruption 💀 Selfish, idiotic people who should've been taught a serious lesson about self-preservation

[@uncletacosupreme7023]

Mm um. These people wont be getting a rescue from anyone. I am from a place that has hurricanes, and our officials say that once the winds pick up to 50mph, nobody is coming to get you. I am sure this falls in that parameter.

[@PatientsLwesso-dp9lq]

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[@AngieHarding-k5j]

Yeah I totally agree ....it's about time we came up with a new word instead of stupid ...just doesn't cut it anymore... I'm from NZ. ..we had it happen in White Island ...alot of people were killed and disfigured for life ......that thing is spewing shit everywhere ...what do they do ...?? Get a little closer ...with there backs to the bloody thing .... They appear to not have half a Brain between them ...

[@bluejack644]

We were having such a great time until the lava flow burped and slung hot lava on our face.

[@timkis64]

some folks never heard of the saying "if you play with fire,you will eventually will be burned".i cant imagine the agony of getting hit by 150 lbs. of molten rock.a wound you would remember forever,if you even live thru it.

[@CowboyBike06]

You wouldn’t live.

[@juneyshu6197]

Happened in Hawaii.

[@CowboyBike06]

@@juneyshu6197 really? They were hit by a piece of lava? I cannot even imagine.

[@juneyshu6197]

@@CowboyBike06 One guy on a balcony, and some on a boat. I watched the Hawaii ones daily.

[@PEACE-nu4wj]

Yes I was thinking exactly the same thing!

[@beckynelson6786]

Crazy to be so close to an unpredictable event .

[@u.s.militia7682]

I absolutely love natural selection.

[@werbistich]

Where and when did natural selection take place here? Such active, young volcanoes are either opened up for visits and close inspection, or not if there is a risk of a major eruption. Don't talk about natural selection if you are not well acquainted with the facts.

[@amkheartocheart02]

​@@werbistichthey're talking about the humans being natural selection

[@werbistich]

@@amkheartocheart02 Yes, but where has natural selection of humans taken place? I have not seen any.

[@gunn13fan]

The power of natural selection compels them! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@werbistich]

@@idahosixgun5601 I assume you say the same thing to people who are annoyed by racist statements that are packaged as jokes. A stupid statement is still a stupid statement, even if you try to see it as humor.

[@tlsings55]

One ring to rule them all. “My preciousssss.”

[@duewhit310]

Come get yer new lava hats Step right up! Get em while theyre hot! 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@invaderzim1265]

😂😂🤣🤣 ooooohhhh Noooo. 😂

[@abenakwaewaah3793]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@АлександрДараган-з8ц]

2 dollars each and I'm cutting my own throat!

[@duewhit310]

@@АлександрДараган-з8ц comes with a free lava scarf

[@duewhit310]

Beetlejuice

[@SP_3333]

I thought they were way too close also. Imagine if the volcano decided to really erupt all of a sudden. Whole bunch of fried onlookers. I guess I thought the government of Iceland had all under control.

[@brandonlilly5738]

I’m surprised people risk it. Doesn’t make sense to me.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Don’t they know that one of those helicopters could crash? And stay away from water. People drown all the time.

[@lynn6799]

@@judil3294 not all of them. Some are very clearly only a few feet away from hot lava.

[@lynn6799]

@@judil3294 at the 5:50 mark, that's not higher ground or a good distance. That's stupid in action.

[@noobienoobie6358]

Iceland has a free to roam law, so the only thing they can do is set up signs warning people.

[@Pattmore]

Those are the kind of people that would open the windows in a submarine to get some fresh air.

[@RealengoPrimordialDemon]

So disappointing, I was expecting to see a few Darwin Award winners. So many participants and no a single winner. 😔😭

[@barb.gerhard9501]

I know if one of them managed to get him/ herself covered in lava in 1000 years a scientist could excavate them and wonder, "how did this unfortunate individual end up here? was it a sudden catastrophic event that caught them off guard? while they were minding their own business, Was it a sudden event? or a prolonged dragged out eruption that gradually engulfed their village?? Mayhaps were they thrown in by a volcano goddess worshipping cult? they might take the remains to their university classes and allow the students to write essays on what they think happened, then they would take the skeleton to their musium and rebuild the face and body with plaster put non descript neutral greyish wollen cloths on them, and set them up to see what a human looked like 1000 years ago, they might name it something like kinggy / Queeny, and label it " cro-magma-land-man" lololol

[@nomadman123]

Yes, although a spectacular sight, nothing changed from the beginning to the end of this video. I don’t see how they can title it, in all CAPS; This is how it started!!!!!

[@saundrasterling9324]

Thanks for the heads up. Now I don’t have to stay riveted to this video clip. Moving on…

[@TheRisskee]

@@nomadman123 because this is how it started. There are other videos showing it getting more and more intensified. The title is self explanatory. What were you expecting? Lol

[@michaelbookmiller1156]

😄😄😄

[@Water_Rat]

I would never trust that a volcano spewing lava like this is predictable in any way to make it safe to be that close. These people have put themselves in major danger. Thankfully it appears that no one was hurt.

[@MadSceintist]

Yet

[@BlizzardSeeker]

This is incredibly insane! I know they have all had hot showers before. However, I'm extremely sure none of them are ready for a hot lava shower.

[@jessicahardacre6035]

😂like who stands that close to avocado

[@philipgibbs5751]

Draining the shallow end of the gene pool.

[@pretzelhunt]

@@philipgibbs5751 that's not how physics works.

[@swgl2245]

@@philipgibbs5751 that also qualifies for half the U.S. shallows, they should be sent there and get a nice lava shower to wash off some of that shallowness

[@tankourito5419]

@@pretzelhunt Probably because what they said has nothing to do with physics.

[@alexblack6421]

“You gotta catch a drop like a ❄️.. like this 👅 🔥

[@LENITYZONE]

This made me giggle 🤣

[@achillesbuchanan2095]

Thank goodness that Iceland allows people to take self responsibility. So many nanny states would have people fenced off five kilometres away with huge fines for trespassing.

[@EZIEKIEL26]

There’s a reason. Ask White Island in New Zealand. Clear case of when humans thinks they’re more privileged than Nature.

[@achillesbuchanan2095]

@@EZIEKIEL26 With White Island it was a tourism service that failed in their duty of care. The signs were there, and as trusted professionals they should have known better. However, if people had hired their own boat at their own risk, they would be exercising their self responsibility or irresponsibility, which I am saying should more often be allowed than nanny states permit.

[@Sigart]

@@achillesbuchanan2095 States have a vested interest in keeping you alive and productive, not to mention your close relatives productive as well.

[@achillesbuchanan2095]

@@Sigart This is true. That’s why I obey the traffic laws. But I am saying that often nanny states go way too far, and in contrast the personal discretion allowed in Iceland seems appropriate. There are not that many people involved, and I haven’t seen any hooliganism. Those present are intelligent enough to take an interest and responsible enough to get themselves there. They can obviously see that they are remaining at a reasonably safe distance, which is something we can’t see due to parallax on the videos. They would be listening to the experts and have a good understanding of the rate of change in the volcano’s behaviour. The only financial aspect I’ve picked up on is that someone began charging for parking, but there is no one taking money to do tours so that customers are trusting in a business person’s duty of care. Considering that no one has been hurt in all this time suggests that the liberty allowed is working well. If someone did die by a rogue flying blob of lava landing on their head, of course it would be unfortunate, but that’s a risk the participants are prepared to take, and, at the end of the day, adventurers may think that this isn’t the worst way to go out.

[@rrios1173]

And the control comes because of silly people. And it may be necesssry to save lives here. Can Iceland be sued?

[@dawnadriana1764]

"Next stop, folks... Krakatoa. Oh wait. It exploded. Ok Vesuvius. oopsie. Mt. St. Helens? You only live once, right?. Now where are those marshmallows?" Gawd, the stupidity.

[@donovanulrich348]

Lets make one of the larges eruption sights on the world a tourist destination and national park And a active geyser we will call it "Old Faithful" Perfect that aught to keep the tourist away Except the opposite XD

[@scarpfish]

Yes, gawd the stupidity in the comments. Your little witticism included. Its been explained multiple times this is a camera trick.

[@mellissaquickekennedy8838]

This is a prize Darwin group!!

[@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe]

Proof that common sense isn't common.

[@loverofnaturalbeauty]

I love the smell of burning nylon in the morning.

[@reefsroost696]

Ok, Joe.

[@sparkdee2192]

🤣

[@robertw.1499]

Just watched this again. They are indeed standing on a rise in front of the duct spewing lava. There must be a considerable sink in front of them where the lave is flowing. The ground where they are all standing seems to be lava-pat free. That said, if that vent had a big pressure build up and spewed big style, then bye bye thrill seekers...

[@thatpanamahatlife1497]

Yep, that thing would only have to burp and......

[@grabtharshammer]

What about around 13:40 where there are people kneeling on the crust of a lava flow?

[@EGlideKid]

And they wonder why we call them ‘sheeple’.

[@Buttynz3]

Lol that's funny/cute

[@comrade1135]

What does this have to do with politics you don’t even know their opinion

[@dreaming4ffr]

@@comrade1135 Sheeple is'nt just based on politics, Sheeple is herd behavior, in this case with the vulcano, if one person goes closer then save for them, there will be other little sheeple thinking its save and follow the first one to get a closer look :)

[@comrade1135]

@@dreaming4ffr some intellectual you are I don’t give 2 shits mate

[@miked3168]

@@comrade1135 more so than yours. You aren't doing anything but thinking you know something but really don't and then act like a twat when someone says something you don't agree with.

[@krazykozey2259]

This has gotta be camera tom-foolery. There's no way without protection they could all just absorb that heat. Curious what lense was used.

[@AliValentine143]

The vibrant colors of liquid rocks, this is great footage, what a sight to behold

[@kalicom2937]

Good old Bob. Gives a sense of scale, now that he / she is buried under 100m or so of lava from Rag.

[@accessaryman]

with the heat from that they wont be berried they'd be burned to a crisp and beyond even the bones would be ash , no trace

[@modifish68]

@@accessaryman Bob was the name of the vent....

[@stbu9709]

@Owen Bell WOOOOOOOOOSH!

[@DianaDeLuna]

@@accessaryman "Bob" is the original crater. Eventually the crater next to Bob, nicknamed Ragnar, took over as the main crater...and then buried its brother Bob under 100m of solid lava. (100m? Really? 😲)

[@pinlight97]

@@DianaDeLuna ah, sibling rivalry! 😂

[@alexh3974]

that lava tower could colapse at any time, in any way, so keeping a safe distance, yes.

[@jord1215]

Natural selection can’t believe there’s some people out there that underestimate volcanoes

[@CH1EFBL1TZ]

One of Earth's mightiest forces Let's see how close we can stand to it

[@jrbird1983]

It's gonna be a great Christmas for Geologist, Volcanologists, and Seismologist.

[@usmiechnietepiekno9436]

Yes! 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍

[@scarpfish]

I get the "gist" of what you're saying.

[@LoveisaLie3494]

No kidding...

[@proto1132]

Ok everyone gather right underneath the deadly eruption, we need to maximize casualties as much as possible.

[@alexanderleach3365]

Pretty intense!!! I would enjoy seeing this from a far distance..

[@MrMuzza008]

I thought your thumbnail image was click bait, but no. Its amazing no one got a lava bomb landing on their head!

[@lynn6799]

@@judil3294 you can clearly see in the video they aren't on a ridge a safe distance away. People are in the video standing just a few feet from the hot lava.

[@judil3294]

@@lynn6799 - yes, the ones to the right at least. I deleted previous message. A couple of idiots are standing on it!

[@debsplayford3180]

Must admit I did think did they not watch Pierce Brosnan's first love get a lava bomb to the head in Dante's peak???

[@lynn6799]

@@debsplayford3180 that movie among others is why i don't live near a volcano.

[@mariaordonez695]

Los espectadores solo falta que estén dentro del Volcán 😂😂👍👍

[@lagrancyn]

Estam re chapa

[@mariaordonez695]

@@lagrancyn 👍

[@rosazepeda3270]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kingjames4019]

Everything in the first 5 minutes of the video is now under ground, think about that.

[@thatyoudliketoknow1628]

Nah, pass

[@theodorejay1046]

Dangerous fumes plus flying lava bombs. Imagine one landing on your head 🙄

[@crazycat22]

As fascinating as it is to be that close to mother nature, this is a bit crazy 😳

[@mariaordonez695]

😂😂👍👍

[@goognamgoognw6637]

remove the word 'bit'

[@irmameticgoruk8919]

You never know what's gonna happen minute to the next

[@tankourito5419]

@@irmameticgoruk8919 Exactly. So put yourself in harms way like a moron and put your life at risk for no reason.

[@asmolovanatalya6759]

Стенка вулкана может обрушиться в любой момент. А они стоят под ней. 😱

[@hellybelle5]

One of the most terrifying things about the Hawaiian volcano (the last one I saw anything about) was that the lava travelled underground, and came up miles away. If that happened here, they'd be totally cut off! 😲

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

or they fall in sinkholes filled with lava like minecraft

[@ladycirclewoman3821]

.....bummer.

[@gertanckaert3023]

my thought too

[@maggiewilliams5027]

Oh well, that will stop them from procreation and bringing more tiny idiots into the world! Stop them dead in their tracks....please!

[@MiceliCreations]

Exactly! They are standing on giant pools of flowing molten rock. How stupid can you be? We have DRONES for this purpose.

[@allensignaturetreeservices]

These are just normal sheep following the herd. Intelligence in humanity is dissolving and this is undeniable proof of so.

[@ericwilliams2317]

I would honestly love to be close to something like this, but not as close as those dummies. Just one 'splash' of that stuff and you really are in a world of pain and suffering.

[@ViviBritt]

If they were ‘scientists’ would it make you feeeeeel better? 🙄

[@MarlonKingShow]

Cant believe how close they are, lucky a bit of lava didn't burn through their skull.

[@scarpfish]

They're not that close.

[@brucezar9517]

I'm rooting for the 🌋

[@JO-kp6lk]

I'm betting that you like Farside cartoons as well, right? Me too!

[@poppyrowland1385]

Same.

[@chrisissun]

i love mother nature cant stop waiting so dope get back yall wow

[@miadzag]

Weird, I thought survival was an instinct. Apparently the floor being lava has lulled some into a false sense of security...

[@ronaldrutledge8583]

That whole vent could explode and kill everyone of them nuts

[@Tupunaforever]

The volcano is amazing, beautiful to watch, im from New Zealand as you know recently our White Island Volcano exploded killing many people, they are unpredictable...

[@anjotheweezky215]

These people had no value for their lives whatsoever

[@s77p48]

F 22 perspective is everything. :) photography and cinematography is all about the F stop. Great work on getting half a million views though and the title doesn't lie they're pretty close :D Thanks for sharing.

[@ashleighmackenzie8670]

May I ask what the F stop means mate? Just curious now 😊

[@firework23films16]

@@ashleighmackenzie8670 Hi F stop relates to the aperture in the lens of a camera the lower the F stop the less in focus the higher the F stop the more in focus. For portraits for example you could use F2.8 on a lens, whereas for landscape you’d use F22. We turn the grip and dial hey there’s the result we want you to see. Hope that helps!

[@RejectedInch]

Perspective or not ( i know EXACTLY what F-stop is) is clearly visible that they are standing no more than 3-5 meters from the lava river. Considering that under the partially cold surface there's still fluid lava at 1.200C that can cause small localised explosions, not to mention that lava still spewing within earshot...they were IDIOTS, perspective or not. A portion o molten rock, let's say, big like a baby fist, is enough to cause 3 degree burn, ignite your clothes and all of this hoping it doesn't hit you in the head. Min 13:19 is also quite clear that there is no clickbait or " forced perspective".

[@niluvinilu]

@@RejectedInch I think there is a camera effect; people are standing on top of a hill right in front of the volcano, a tele-lens makes the trick. Yes, they are still close, dangerously close if the volcano gets suddently more violent, but they are not a meter away from the lava mountain, there is a gap inbetween that we can´t see.

[@lll9409]

@@niluvinilu 15:15 apparently there is no gap as they ouch the lava stream an throw stones into it!

[@jouliesoulie]

Never seen a lava-river before, what an amazing veiw!✨👁️👄👁️✨ But i don't think it's smart to stand that close to an fully active volcano, accidents and even death is caused by volcanos too

[@ashleysimms5534]

🤓🌋

[@Raven-Creations]

I think your images are deceptive. Although it looks like they are standing at the foot of the cone, this is because of the foreshortening of your lens. They are actually on a ridge some distance away. You can tell this, because a lava bomb drops right on the edge of the cone, apparently at the feet of one observer, yet he doesn't even flinch. Apart from that niggle, great footage of the volcano's early days.

[@judil3294]

Exactly what I was thinking. There's a valley between those people and the volcano.

[@SeppundBerta]

I think the same. i was there last week. The lavafield was about 100m away and it was too hot to get closer! additionally the lavafield last week was much "colder", much less glowing lava! you never could stand there as close as shown in the video! Never ever! too sad, you did great pictures, but you show them in a deceptive context. Is that what you want? just for clicks?

[@MelioraCogito]

I was thinking the same thing, but if you look closely, those on the right (at 00:32) are standing ON the encrusted lava. When you see the wider shot at 00:56, it's clear they are well within a couple hundred metres from the crater vent. It's even more clearer at 03:33 where you can see the lava flow coming out of the cone/vent and the proximity these Darwinian candidates are from it, to the left.

[@MelioraCogito]

@@SeppundBerta Clearly you can't read and your comprehension skills need some work. At what point did you think *Judi L* was responsible for this video? Nothing in her comment suggests that, nor is this even her channel. Furthermore, the video title clearly implies this footage was taken in the early days of the eruption (March 20th).

[@SeppundBerta]

@@MelioraCogito i marked Judy by mistake.

[@Relax2445]

video quality is so beautiful

[@ariseshine08]

I doubt they are that close to the vocalno! These stuff gives out very high levels of heat ...can't even manage the heat from my oven let alone this!

[@shannonwindsor8947]

15:23 shows how "smart" everyone is.

[@GearGuardianGaming]

Also shows, against other comments here, that there isnt a valley inbetween them and the cone, unlike some of the other comments say.

[@steenystuff1075]

Shuttup...

[@strangebiped]

GOOD CALL...And to prove that statement "LOOK AT ALL THE 'SMARTPHONES' AT WORK TAKING VIDEOS!!"

[@evonne315]

I was waiting for the guy hacking at the lava pile to have some spill out into his feet.

[@iain2279]

Is someone hoping to get a Darwin Award 🥇

[@dgronzega8073]

Competition is steep this year, being an Olympic year too. 😉

[@JohaarjoshimanthGhaurinanda]

I'm an enthusiastic fan of such lava spewing volcanoes too and I'm always fascinated by them. However it's still very insane to came on so close directly beneath a such dynamic, dangerous, savage and hot "inferno" and risk their own life highly! Did they not calculate the possibility at all they would hit by any ejecta of boiling lava with about 1,200°C i.e. exactly a-dozen-times hotter than boiling water and even much heavier/denser!!!🌋🔥🔥🔥😱

[@EperogiLimousine]

Lmao it’s a camera depth illusion, they’re not that close

[@fletch61]

They weren't as close as you think

[@AlpakaWhacker]

In this instance they kinda are... 0:16 there's people standing on the fresh lava, next to a vent/cone that isn't 100% inactive at that point

[@valiaudet3415]

The guy threw a rock. Must be close.

[@rabidsamfan]

It was very cold weather and people would go closer to the volcano for warmth. I was watching a lot of videos just raising my eyebrows at them.

[@MrDeterministicchaos]

Looks like a good spot to put up a wall mart

[@danielmann5427]

lol 😆

[@IMissThe90s15]

😂😂😂

[@kathycavitt3089]

Or a target .

[@loub.2992]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful throwback. You can really appreciate just how much land the lava has covered. Regards from UK.

[@leighbee1764]

NICE camera, thank you for sharing the quality view