http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/nyiragongo_crater_journey_to_t.html



2 of the pictures gave me instant goosebumps and made shivers run up my spine! You will see which ones...

3/2/2011 5:13:22 PM

Looks like an excellent scene for a lightsaber fight.

And I'm not sure which 2... they all look amazing.

3/2/2011 5:44:24 PM

Quote :

"The surface is permanently churned by fury from the earth's crust"

CHURNED BY FURY

nah, but seriously, this is awesome.

3/2/2011 7:13:24 PM

nifty

3/2/2011 8:13:38 PM

Sadly when I was at one of the five lava lakes of the world, Kilauea, there was no lava to be seen.

3/2/2011 8:47:46 PM

Quote :

"Members often need to don gas masks for sleeping."

D:

3/2/2011 9:24:15 PM

Needs more horns, pitch forks, and pointy tails.

3/2/2011 9:40:43 PM

boston.com always has awesome photo stories like this

3/3/2011 9:08:21 AM

^ word.

Here is one that is linked in the intro of the one in the OP:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/kawah_ijen_by_night.html

If you like how sulphur looks when it is hot/molten, you will love it!

3/3/2011 9:22:44 AM

Pretty cool. They should build something like this in eastern NC to help to help the fading tourism industry.

3/3/2011 10:11:29 AM

So which two pictures gave you goosebumps?

3/3/2011 10:13:24 AM

Quote :

"So which two pictures gave you goosebumps? "

This. They are all good pics so I have no idea which ones you were talking about.

3/3/2011 10:43:31 AM

that's some Kali Ma shit right there.

3/3/2011 10:55:40 AM

The 2 that really took me by surprise were #20 and #21. Until those 2 pictures, it is hard to see how tall the rim really is, and also how wide that lake is.

#20 shows that the rim is as tall as a 4-5 story building and it just took me surprise and elicited a loud WOW. #21 just reinforced the magnanimity of that lake.

3/3/2011 6:18:30 PM

damn that's some ballsy shit to go down in that thing.

3/3/2011 6:54:53 PM

this is really fucking cool. i think my favorite pictures are #14, 20, and 7

^^i was completely surprised at the size of that thing.

3/3/2011 7:56:59 PM

these are awesome photos, what a cool expedition

it is enlightening, however, that 0EPII1 assumed we would all know which two photos gave him goosebumps

i think this frames some of his opinions

3/3/2011 7:58:40 PM

Quote :

"i was completely surprised at the size of that thing."

That's what she said.

But, no really, thanks for sharing these photos. What a beautiful sight.. I never even knew this volcano existed.

3/3/2011 8:09:31 PM