06-03-2018, 05:50 AM
Apparently they nabbed about half a dozen yesterday, trying to view fountaining.
No surprise there, viewing moving lava, especially fountaining at night, ranks right up there with seeing a total solar eclipse. Two of the most mesmerizing sights in nature.
(An explanation here, not a justification for violating CD rules, though obviously there is overlap.)
A part of the problem is that every day we have had journalists--many on national television--conducting interviews while barely 1/2 mile behind them a stunningly beautiful lava fountain arcs into the sky.
Generally these journalists do not seem to be much bothered by the fumes, which CD says are seriously dangerous in the area. We know the fumes are highly variable depending on multiple factors, including wind.
Acceptable risk. Hence the presence of the journalists with CD approval.
We also know--or can pretty well deduce--what most of the millions of people seeing this footage are thinking: What I would give to be standing in that spot.
From now on let’s have all journalists conducting interviews in front of a burned out house or a hardened flow covering a road. Live lava footage can be shown without anyone in the picture.....
No surprise there, viewing moving lava, especially fountaining at night, ranks right up there with seeing a total solar eclipse. Two of the most mesmerizing sights in nature.
(An explanation here, not a justification for violating CD rules, though obviously there is overlap.)
A part of the problem is that every day we have had journalists--many on national television--conducting interviews while barely 1/2 mile behind them a stunningly beautiful lava fountain arcs into the sky.
Generally these journalists do not seem to be much bothered by the fumes, which CD says are seriously dangerous in the area. We know the fumes are highly variable depending on multiple factors, including wind.
Acceptable risk. Hence the presence of the journalists with CD approval.
We also know--or can pretty well deduce--what most of the millions of people seeing this footage are thinking: What I would give to be standing in that spot.
From now on let’s have all journalists conducting interviews in front of a burned out house or a hardened flow covering a road. Live lava footage can be shown without anyone in the picture.....