Lava erupts from Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy (Image: Art Wolfe/The Image Bank/Getty)
When Ken Sims visits a volcano he’s after two things – a whiff of ultra-fresh volcanic gas and samples of brand new lava. That means climbing into craters and getting uncomfortably close to bubbling lava lakes and noxious gases. Sims admits to Stephanie Pain that he loves adventure, but insists it’s the data he craves, not the danger
Isn’t molten lava too hot to get close to?
You only feel the heat when you’re very close or if the wind is blowing over the lava…
