In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world's largest lava lake. Members of the team had been dazzled since childhood by the images of the 1960 documentary "The Devil's Blast" by Haroun Tazieff, who was the first to reveal to the public the glowing red breakers crashing at the bottom of Nyiragongo crater. Photographer Olivier Grunewald was within a meter of the lake itself, giving us a unique glimpse of it's molten matter. Music: Center of the Sun - Conjure One

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Photos and more info: www.stormchaser.ca The Nyiragongo lava lake near the Congo border. in 2002, the lava lake drained, pouring lava into the nearby city of Goma. This footage was shot in 2005 during the filming of the Angry Planet TV series.

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Mount Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Great Rift Valley. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is about two km wide and usually contains a lava lake. The crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls - one at about 3175m (10400 ft) and a lower one at about 2975 m (9800 ft). Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 3250 m (10700 ft) prior to the January 1977 eruption - a lake depth of about 600 m (2000 ft). A recent very low elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 2700 m (8800 ft). Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical volcanic eruptions. erta ale krafft katia and maurice tazief

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Report: Despite the visible military activity in the region, tourists continue to come to the Democratic Republic of Congo to hike to the top of Nyiragongo, a very active volcano symbolising destruction to the local population.

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Expédition menée par cinq membres de la Société Volcanologique de Genève pour l'UNOPS de Goma. La descente au fond du cratère du Nyiragongo a permis de s'approcher au plus près de l'immense lac de lave qui a changé brutalement d'activité après une chute de 30 m de son niveau en une nuit.

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captured on september 26th 2008, the active lava lake of the Nyiragongo vulcano (3770m), near Goma, DRC

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The lava lake in the crater of the volcano Nyiragongo near Goma, Congo.

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Nyiragongo Crater; Journey to the Centre of the World In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. Mount Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Great Rift Valley. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is about two km wide and usually contains a lava lake. The crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls - one at about 3175m (10400 ft) and a lower one at about 2975 m (9800 ft). Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 3250 m (10700 ft) prior to the January 1977 eruption - a lake depth of about 600 m (2000 ft). A recent very low elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 2700 m (8800 ft).

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My trip to the Congo last October 2008

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View from the edge into Nyiragongo crater (2004). Nyiragongo Volcano is close to town of Goma (Eastern Congo)

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In April 2010, while I was sick with malaria I climbed this volcano near Goma, DR Congo. We camped at the top for 1 night. The loud noise in the video is the wind.

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On January 17th, 2002, Nyiragongo volcano erupted. Lava flows ran across the town of Goma (600000 inhabitants), and ended up in Lake Kivu. At that time, the town of Goma was in the hands of Congolese rebels, supported by the Rwandan regular army, so the central government of DRC did not take any security measures for survivors and homeless people. The population had the time to run away from the town, so only some hundred people died, but thousands of houses were destroyed and the rest was pillaged by the Rwandan army. Three years after the eruption, the inhabitants of Goma are reconstructing their houses on the solidified lava flows, on the exact spots their homes had been destroyed. If a new eruption took place, those new houses would be swept away and burnt again. The international community finances a Volcanic Observatory in Goma, where some Congolese scientists, under the supervision of famous Belgian volcanologist Jacques Durieux, try to forecast the next eruption and, with the help of the local authorities, hope to be able to evacuate the town as quickly as possible to reduce the number of victims.

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The lava lake in the crater of the volcano Nyiragongo near Goma, Congo.

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Looking into the crater of Nyiragongo Volcano, DRC. 2006

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Nyiragongo volcano is noted for the lava lake which appears in the summit crater. Copyright John Seach. volcanolive.com

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A piece of the Congo. November 2005.

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Video of the lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo Volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Nyragongo volcano is still active, and last erupted in 2002. It took us 7 hours to hike up, and we camped on the rim of the crater.

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This is the 250m deep, 2km wide crater of Mt Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo. This is one of the most active volcanoes in Africa and last erupted in 2002, destroying much of the nearby city of Goma.

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Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo. Copyright John Seach volcanolive.com

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captured on september 26th 2008, the active lava lake of the Nyiragongo vulcano, near Goma, DRC

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A scientist tries to get a lava sample from Mount Nyiragongo in Africa's Great Rift Valley, but gets too close to the boiling lake. Dr Dario Tedesco, from the University of Naples, one of the world's leading authorities on the volcano, tries to alert the scientist whose life is at risk. Mount Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Scientists want to take lava samples from volcanoes because it can give vital clues about what is happening deep inside the planet.

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Degassing fountain on the surface of the lava lake of Nyiragongo, Jan 2011, taken during the recent expedition with VolcanoDiscovery: www.volcanodiscovery.com nyiragongo i42050

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The crater of the volcano Nyiragongo in Eastern Congo

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Time-lapse footage of the Nyiragongo volcano in Virunga National Park, DR Congo. This is one of two active volcanoes in the southern sector of the park. At night from the nearby city of Goma you can see the crater glowing. To find out more about Virunga, Africa's most beautiful, most diverse and most threatened nation park visit www.gorillcd.org. Video from www.gorilla.cd

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Help us spread the word about adventure tourism in the Congo. Like us on FaceBook and find more info about conservation issues and adventure tourism in the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.facebook.com/TheForgottenParks Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano in the Virunga Mountains, North Kivu, DR Congo. Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. According to National Geographic, it is also one of the least studied. You can read more about it here: ngm.nationalgeographic.com Look us up on FaceBook: www.facebook.com/TheForgottenParks soundcloud.com

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Climbing the volcano Nyiragongo in Eastern Congo

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The active lava lake in the crater of Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo) on June 18, 2007.

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