PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION UP CLOSE, with 500 foot lava waves bursting near him

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Photographer Tomas Freyr Kristjansson took incredible shots of Holuhraun volcano in Iceland

Security closed the site down for the safety of tourists while Kristjansson took incredible shots 

The silhouette of brave photographer Tomas Freyr Kristjansson as he gets as close as possible to the volatile Holuhraun volcano

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Tomas said the heat was so intense he 'could have roasted hot dogs' over the lava and could feel the earth trembling beneath his feet
 

See tourist on the bottom left - The image gives an idea of the scale of the eruption.

A daredevil motorcyclist rides his bike around the volcano as it spurts yet another wave of luminous lava  

Tomas cuts a lone figure in the Mars-like scene in the heart of Iceland's moody landscape

 Smoke billows from the Holuhraun volcano, where Tomas said the biggest crater, Baugur, was spewing lava up to 140 metres (460 feet) high

 

Tomas stops for a quick happy snap as the mountain of lava flows towards him 

 

Source

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2928340/Force-nature-Daredevil-photographer-stands-face-500ft-LAVA-waves-volatile-Icelandic-volcano-spectacularly-erupts.html