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[–] Xeroxchasechase 61 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait, where's the picture of the photographer who took THIS picture?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He and (insert here a name of divine ruler of afterlife) are probably looking at it and saying: Totally worth it

[–] distantsounds 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Neat, but it’s a staged photo.

I knew I couldn’t stand on the flow and wait till my stuff caught fire, it was way too hot for that, so I brought along some lighter fluid to get the flames going in an instant.

https://ongoingpro.com/photographer-goes-through-fire-to-get-the-shot/

[–] bran_buckler 16 points 3 months ago

That’s disappointing

[–] CommissarVulpin 29 points 3 months ago

In photography, there’s a saying: “Anything for the shot”

I don’t know if I’d go as far as this guy, but props to him for risking himself and his equipment, I guess

[–] hate2bme 22 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Bro ruining a perfectly good pair of Asics for nothing.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It’s probably a pretty good shot from there tbh

[–] BeatTakeshi 13 points 3 months ago

His face when the shot of the shot is better

[–] hate2bme -3 points 3 months ago
[–] Plum 10 points 3 months ago

For Science!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

If by nothing you mean not burning his feet then ok

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

And a whole tripod. What a waste.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Darwin Award contestants wont worry about a skills pair of shoes.

[–] expatriado -1 points 3 months ago

the cost of clicks and views

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like melted rubber fused to your feet would be rather unpleasant... Hope he got those shoes off in time.

[–] GhostFaceSkrilla 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I feel like they lit some rubbing alcohol or something for this shot and immediately put it out after the pose. I doubt he would have gotten back without life threatening burns if it was in fact hot enough to ignite his shoes and tripod legs. Still crazy to be standing on a volcano though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ive actually been on the lave flows in Hawaii. Not catch your shit on fire hot, but where the surface was noticeable warm from the lava underneath.

Pele's hair I think is one of the coolest things you find. https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/nature/peles-hair.htm

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow birds make their nests out of razer thin shards of glass? Crazy.

[–] JeeBaiChow 2 points 3 months ago

It's where they grow fiberglass, for home insulation and boat hulls.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

im so risk averse, this seems like an image of insanity.

[–] kellyaster 8 points 3 months ago

Brother has got balls of steel balancing on the roof of Pele's house like that. Oh, I just realized this was shit over a decade ago... er, I'd imagine this kind of photographyis done with drones now?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Breaking through the crust would be spicy.

[–] JeeBaiChow 3 points 3 months ago

Oooo... hottt!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Who watches the watchers?

[–] ODuffer 4 points 3 months ago
[–] Anticorp 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I feel like a tiny bit of prep with metal caps on the tripod and foil or a metal sheet or something would go a long way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Last time I was on The Big Island (which was a while ago) there was a tourist in front of us standing on the dried lava with shorts and flip-flops.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

This looks fake.