Amazing Photographs of Gateway to Hell. A daring 38 years photographer captures rare images of Lava Lake that’s been flowing for more than 100 years in Afar Ethiopia. The Lake is one of the world’s oldest continuously active lava lakes flowing since 1906. The Portuguese photographer Joel Santos, piloted a drone over the bubbling lake just a meter from the edge.
Temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius, lie inside the 2,011-foot-high Erta Ale volcano. The last threatening eruption occurred in Sep 2005, almost killed 250 livestock, and forced people to evacuate the area. The photographer was well aware of the life-threatening chance of devastating natural phenomena at such close quarters.
Joel Santos said this was one of the most dangerous projects I’ve done so far because I was just 20 meters away from the Lava and one meter from the edge. The crater rim is changing lava moves up and down, particularly when it overflows. You have to be very careful, the ground you’re standing on is solid, but could be soft, making you plunge into Lava Lake.
I used a drone camera to capture the 4K footage, which could handle the scorching condition around the Lake rim. The heat waves are so strong, could cause it to melt or crash. After every 2 or 3 minutes, I heard a small hiss of pressure beneath the volcano, which I can’t predict when a crack just opens wide. See Also A Luminous Lava Lake Spitting Molten Lava and Searing Heat
The entire volcano begins to bursting with lava into the air. The Danakil Desert is officially the hottest inhabited place on earth. In spite of the intense heat, I took the chance to make films in the early morning and late at night. In fact, it’s a basaltic shield volcano and there are only 6 in the world. This is actually an unbelievable experience, amazes me how nature works. In 2012, various tourists were kidnapped and injured and some of them were killed in this area.
So, my passion and aim didn’t hurt with these facts. However, now Ethiopian military campsite has been established there to protect visitors. In 2009, BBC TV show The Hottest Place on Earth went there to record the world’s first 3D laser image of the volcanoes, providing a unique window into our planet’s interior. The Gateway to Hell is the incandescent bubbling lava lake hisses like some badly burned porridge cauldron, overturning and occasionally belching molten lava.
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The Lake is one of world’s oldest continuously active lava lakes flowing since 1906.
The Lake is one of world’s oldest continuously active lava lakes flowing since 1906.
In spite of intense heat, I took the chances to make film in early morning and late at night.
In spite of the intense heat, I took the chance to make films in the early morning and late at night.
The Portuguese photographer Joel Santos, piloted a drone over the bubbling lake just a meter from the edge.
The Portuguese photographer Joel Santos, piloted a drone over the bubbling lake just a meter from the edge.
A daring 38 years photographer captures rare images of Lava Lake that's been flowing for more than 100 years in Afar Ethiopia.
A daring 38 years photographer captures rare images of Lava Lake that’s been flowing for more than 100 years in Afar Ethiopia.
The temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius, lies inside the 2,011 foot high Erta Ale volcano.
Temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius, lie inside the 2,011-foot-high Erta Ale volcano.
In fact it’s a basaltic shield volcano and there are only 6 in the world.
In fact, it’s a basaltic shield volcano and there are only 6 in the world.
You have to be very careful, the ground you’re standing is solid, but could be soft, make you plunge into Lava Lake.
You have to be very careful, the ground you’re standing on is solid, but could be soft, making you plunge into Lava Lake.
The heat waves are so strong, could cause it melt or crash. After every 2 or 3 minutes I heard a small hiss of pressure beneath the volcano, which I can’t predict when a crack just opens wide.
The heat waves are so strong, could cause it to melt or crash. After every 2 or 3 minutes, I heard a small hiss of pressure beneath the volcano, which I can’t predict when a crack just opens wide.
The entire volcano begins to bursting with lava into the air. The Danakil Desert is officially the hottest inhabited place on earth.
The entire volcano begins to bursting with lava into the air. The Danakil Desert is officially the hottest inhabited place on earth.
This is actually an unbelievable experience, amazes me how nature works.
This is actually an unbelievable experience, amazes me how nature works.
In 2012, various tourists were kidnapped, injured and some of them killed in this area
In 2012, various tourists were kidnapped, injured and some of them killed in this area
Photographs of Gateway to Hell
Photographs of Gateway to Hell
The crater rim is changing lava moves up and down, particularly when it overflows.
The crater rim is changing lava moves up and down, particularly when it overflows.
The photographer was well aware of life threating chance of devastating natural phenomenon at such close quarters.
The photographer was well aware of the life-threatening chance of devastating natural phenomena at such close quarters.
Source:  Dailymail

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