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magma creating the vertical dripping lines This is the only place in the world where
due to gravity. The colours were all so rich we could descend into a volcano. And also
that we had the feeling the volcano eruption the only one volcano in the planet which
took place the previous day ! has not collapsed leaving a hollow inside.
Usually these would’ve been filled with
As we descended further down, the throat magma.
of the volcano started widening out. It was a
vast open chamber unbelievably big..It was The ground space is equivalent to almost
incredible..as if we were in a dream world. three full-sized basketball courts planted
next to each other and the height is such
We finally landed on the ground app. 120 that it would easily fit full sized Statue
Mts from the top. And we could feel the of Liberty into the chamber. There is a
sudden decrease of temperature. It was Volcanic passage which continue down to
around 3 degrees C (Outside it was around the southwest, to a total depth of about
12-15 deg C). 200 m (700 ft
The sudden feeling that we were deep Though the walls were all lit up, the
inside the body of the volcano in a space ground was dark and so we had difficulty
that once was afloat with liquid magma was in moving fast. One wrong step and we
quite terrifying and mystifying. It took us would be hitting the rocks and could injure
some minutes to absorb the surroundings ourselves and damage the camera too. On
walls which were fully lit with floodlights to top of it, it was raining and so we had to
display the extravagant wonder and beauty move away from the centre to avoid the
of nature.. water droplets hitting us and drenching
the camera equipments.
The beauty of the crater mostly consists
of the various colourations found inside. After exploring for almost half an hour we
The whole structure was quite enormous – were escorted back into the basket and
and to some extent intimidating. The slowly we were lifted out. When we came
surrounding walls were full of different out it was as if we just had a tour of a
colours anybody can think of. Because different planet – the netherworld…..
of the extreme heat during eruption, the
rocks have been completely baked and this OUR FEELING
created the beautiful colours. Eg. Red colour It’s unlike anything else on this planet and
signifies Iron, Iron oxide, brown colour – It was indeed an amazing experience, A
copper and the different shades of yellow once in a lifetime experience. Sitting inside
are the different Sulphuric compounds etc. the volcano was a moment we all would
never forget.
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