New Zealand volcano: Hikers were inside crater just before eruption

Posted by on Dec 10, 2019 @ 7:55 am in Hiking News | 0 comments | Last modified: December 10, 2019

Dramatic aerial footage shows tourists hiking inside a volcano crater on New Zealand’s White Island just minutes before a violent eruption killed at least five people. The image, shot by New Zealand’s Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, was taken about five minutes before the volcano erupted at 2:15 p.m. local time. A small group of people can be seen in the...

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