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Friday, June 12, 2015

FILMMAKER TAKES STUNNING CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF VOLCANO LAVA LAKES USING DRONES AND WEARING A HEAT SUIT - Sam Cossman's latest adventure at the Marum crater in the Pacific island of Ambrym, in Vanuatu

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Staring into Hell: Intrepid adventurer captures incredible images of the world's most active lava lakes using drones and a suit that can withstand 3,000F heat  
  • Stunning images were taken by filmmaker Sam Cossman and his team in the Pacific island republic of Vanuatu
  • Group used high tech equipment such as drones and virtual reality cameras to learn more about the lava lakes
  • Cossman wore a biometric wearable sensors and a special high-tech heat-proof suit as he abseiled towards lava
  • Aim of the project was to get understand how microbial life could exist and colonise the extreme environment
  • This incredible photos were taken by filmmaker Sam Cossman and his team and shows his harrowing journey into the Marum crater, which is one of only seven lava lakes on the planet, located on the remote island of Ambrym, in the Republic of Vanuatu.
    Lowering himself into hell: Adventurer Sam Cossman moves towards the huge lava lake wearing a custom built industrial proximity heat suit

  • Cossman and his team used high tech drones, virtual reality cameras, and biometric wearable sensors to learn more about the geology of such an extreme environment.
     
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    Journey to the centre of the Earth: The red hot lava illuminates Cossman's surroundings as he stands close to the fiery lake
    The project was funded by iPhone accessory company, Kenu.com, and had a crew of experts including volcanic explorer Brad Ambrose, award winning videographer Conor Toumarkine, Drone Pilot Simon Jardine and Phd Astrobiologist Dr. Jeff Marlow. 
     
    Machine: A small drone which helped the team map the lava lake and its surroundings is seen hovering of the lava lake in Ambrym, Vanuatu
     
    The melting pot: This image is a still from drone footage take inside the volcano as the machine hovered over the lava lake

    Excitement: Filmmaker Sam Cossman stands triumphantly above the ferocious lava lake in Ambrym, Vanuatu

    This footage from inside the volcano was filmed on a small drone aircraft that was flown down towards the lava lakes










    Red hot: The team also created the first ever 3D scale model of a volcano and lava lake

    In 2014, 33-year-old Cossman (pictured) left his home in San Francisco to fulfill his dream as a digital storyteller and tech-explorer

    Space man: Sam Cossman pictured wearing his industrial heat suit looking like a character from an old science fiction movie
    This could well be a scene in a science fiction movie of astronauts strolling on an alien landscape

    Stunning: A small drone captures a bird's eye view of the huge lava lake as Sam Cossman (left) slowly lowers himself down into it
    Stunning: A small drone captures a bird's eye view of the huge lava lake as Sam Cossman (left) slowly lowers himself down into it

     
    Sam Cossman checks his equipment

    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3121282/Staring-Hell-Intrepid-adventurer-captures-incredible-images-world-s-active-lava-lakes-using-drones-suit-withstand-3-000F-heat.html

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