WALKING INSIDE OF ACTIVE VOLCANO - New Zealand (Read Description)

JVD WORLD TRAVELERS: "WALKING INSIDE OF ACTIVE VOLCANO" - White Island Volcano, New Zealand
During our three trips to New Zealand, we visited White Island Volcano twice. First time in 2000 and second time in 2011.
Since there is no video footage from first trip – there are only pictures – this program is from 2011. It’s 8 years before catastrophe in 2019 when volcano erupted while tourists were visiting the island and 22 people out of 47 who were on the island died.
We were lucky since there was no eruption during our trip. However as obvious from the footage volcano was in really active state during our visit.

WHITE ISLAND
Whakaari / White Island ([faˈkaːɾi], Māori: Te Puia Whakaari, lit. "the dramatic volcano"[1]), also known as White Island or Whakaari, is an active andesite stratovolcano situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The island covers an area of approximately 325 ha (800 acres),[2] which is just the peak of a much larger submarine volcano.
The island is New Zealand's most active cone volcano and has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years.

WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION
On 9 December 2019, Whakaari / White Island, an active stratovolcano island in New Zealand's northeastern Bay of Plenty region, explosively erupted. The island was a popular tourist destination, known for its volcanic activity, and 47 people were on the island at the time. Twenty-two people died, either in the explosion or from injuries sustained, including two whose bodies were never found and were later declared dead. A further 25 people suffered injuries, with the majority needing intensive care for severe burns. Continuing seismic and volcanic activity, together with heavy rainfall, low visibility, and the presence of toxic gases, hampered recovery efforts over the week following the incident.
Experts identified the event as a phreatic eruption: a release of steam and volcanic gases that caused an explosion, launching rock and ash into the air.

Видео WALKING INSIDE OF ACTIVE VOLCANO - New Zealand (Read Description) канала Jiri VonDrak