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asgeir
1912 days ago
And if you want to see the definition of terror, look at the second video on this page when part of the main crater collapsed
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/21/hraunrennsli-dagsins-a-o...
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fantod
1912 days ago
The definition of terror is people laughing while trotting out of the way?
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adflux
1912 days ago
What in the name of god are these tourists(?) doing there !?
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4gotunameagain
1912 days ago
It's not that dangerous in real time (lava is slooow), especially if you have hills like they do close by to go up on.
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asgeir
1912 days ago
This is from the webcam at the time.
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/21/gigbarmurinn-gefur-sig-o...
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ngngngng
1912 days ago
There have been incidents in Hawaii where people successfully used a garden hose to protect their home from oncoming lava flow.
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schoen
1912 days ago
Also in Iceland with fire hoses (against a considerably larger amount of lava):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Control_of_Nature
(This book is amazing -- highly recommended!)
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dopeboy
1912 days ago
Isn't there a chance a projectile of lava could land on them?
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