This is bye far the best video with the drone getting shots no one else can peering into the mouth of the beast, as it continues to belch out 2000" degree lava and i'll just sit here and enjoy the spectacle while listening to turok ost which goes perfect with this hostle landscape.
Just to add to the comment I made on your previous video, the choice of music is perfect for watching this, and once again your video and drone work is outstanding.
Now that's some scientific worthy video footage, you have here. Bravo, sir Bravo!! Must say, I quickly tired of all ground based video that has been taken. They just aren't able to capture the grand scale of it, like a simple drone can. Hope you can get back there soon, would love to see more!
I'm back in July (I just fly drones for a fun hobby and am a patent attorney by profession; if I didn't respect my clients so much I'd probably head back over next week).
@@dronelaw "For a fun hobby". Well, sir you have a great eye for getting the footage I've been hoping for. Static footage of inside the crater as the eruptions begin. I think you do an awesome job of piloting the drone. Very smooth and stable operation. And my god, the amount of lava that spews and gushes forth is unbelievable. Enjoy yourself in July! Stay safe.
you gotta admit this new drone footage in hi def of lava is prety awsome. back up back up back up especially the part where it slowly comes up with the cracks
I wanted to thank you all for your kind comments and good suggestions on how I can improve my videos. I'm going back with my family in July and will make some more then.
Beautiful and the music. Thank you, very peaceful video. So seems unstoppable at this point. ~ I been watching GutnTog's channel, with such great coverage.
Absolutely spectacular footage of this amazing volcano that continues to grow and present new video footage perhaps for many years to come. Well done! Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia.
WOW your footage is spectacular, your music is spot on. Your editing makes this the most enjoyable video Ive seen in a very long time. Thankyou so very much for sharing. 👏👏
I have been asked by quite a few people to give them an idea of what it is like to visit the volcano. So, here is Eric’s quick tour guide to the Iceland Volcano. Base Camp. Grindavik. It is a charming little town with a supermarket, a gas station, and several excellent restaurants. Grindavik is about 10 minutes from the parking area for the volcano. I stayed at the Borg Guesthouse and thought it was very good. Getting to the parking lot. The road up to the parking lot was brutal when I was there. You may want to consider something other than an El Cheapo economy car just to make it up to the parking lot in one piece. When you get there, take a picture of where your car is. I had a metallic blue car which, when I came back after midnight, was just a gray as every other car there, and when you get back, trust me, you are not going to want to walk around the parking lot clicking your remote trying to find your car. Equipment. Expect it to be cold and windy, with occasional rain and snow. I carried or wore 4 layers on top and 2 layers on the bottom, with fairly rugged footwear. I put my drone, controller, spare batteries, jacket, rain gear and food/water into a backpack, and hiked up using walking poles (the Icelandic authorities have since graded the rocky path into a much better road). When you get to the top of the mountain, first, take some time to learn the rhythm of the volcano. Every 6 - 9 minutes, you will see an orange river of lava start to come out of the volcano. That is the key; it will start erupting within a minute. Pay attention to the direction of the wind. The wind can blow pumice particles over 1 km “downwind”. When the pumice particles hit you, it is kind of funny because they are light and don’t really hurt. But, they can take out a drone propeller. So, I generally tried to get “upwind” of the volcano, cheat in as close as I could, then start backing off 30 to 45 seconds after I saw the orange lava river begin to pour out of the volcano. Be prepared to deal with cold and wind. When I was there (mid-May), it was around freezing and very windy, with occasional snow. I really lucked out in that I didn’t get the usual Iceland rain. But, it is very hard to control your drone when you can’t feel anything under your thumbs and fingers. I fashioned some hand warmers, and will bring better hand warmers next time. Lighting. I felt that I got my best shots an hour or so before “darkness” fell (which in mid-May is around 11 PM or midnight). So, my best sessions were when I hiked up (about an hour on the new road) around 7 PM, then set up, flew a battery then put my hands back into my pockets for 20 minutes, waited out snow/bad winds, then flew again. Getting back down. Remember that an inordinate number of skiing accidents happen on “the last run”, and that an inordinately larger number pf people die coming down from Mt. Everest than going up. So, don’t burn through all your reserves up there on the mountain; realize that you still have a couple of miles in freezing weather to hike back to the parking lot, and leave before you are too cold. I realize that those who have not been up there may not understand, but trust me, a couple of hours on top of a mountain in freezing wind will really take it out of you. Get down while you can still do it safely.
Just wanted to add a follow-up comment. Since I left Iceland a few weeks ago, the lava stream has cut through the trail I show in this video in two different locations, and is filling the valley, so many people are walking up from "the lower lot".
I was watching this on June 8th and was quite confused until I looked at the video posting date realized it was 2 weeks ago. The ongoing change is amazing...
Thank you for your work. Good choice of music. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and have experienced eruptions first hand. Quite a epic and humbling experience. You deserve many more subscribers.
Yes, the Congo was a horrible disaster. It's knowing there is no loss of life or property is what makes it possible to so enjoy these volcanoes and to relish the display Earth is putting on.
I might be in the minority here but I thoroughly enjoyed the soundtrack accompanying this video. Perhaps for a 5 minute video the sound of crackling lava rock sliding down slopes and wind noise in microphone screens would give you more of a sense of being there but I have watched other videos at ground level that captured live sound and I found it annoying after more than a few minutes. So for a 37 minute presentation I much prefer the soundtrack approach and have enjoyed very much sitting back and watching your compilation of incredible high definition drone videos. It reminds me somewhat of sitting in front of a fireplace and watching the flames consume the wood. Strangely relaxing.
Absolutely fantastic footage and the music completely captures the majesty of it all. You are very skilled with your drone to capture such precise footage. Thankyou so much for this. It is a real treat to watch. I am in awe!
Great footage and the accompanying music, my friend sent me the link to this video and I truly enjoyed watching it .... I have shared this video on my Facebook wall for others to enjoy as well. .. by the way, please provide some details about the music (artist, etc. etc.).
I think you may be right. I've been back in California for only 6 days and the spread of the lava is SO much more than when I was there. I'm going back in July and my family was planning on doing the Ring Road. I'm a bit worried that to have a "ring", you cannot have a lava stream through the middle of it.
This is excellent. I prefer the music to the constant wind noise from other peoples recordings. I mean really...can't they get a wind excluder on their mic's? It's only a piece of fur. Again this is much better than SKOOOOKKKOOOAAAAOOGGGGGSSSOOOO!
Thank you. Basically there are three noises you hear on the top of the mountain: 1) Howling wind (constant), 2) volcano erupting (every 6 - 8 minutes), 3) people making comments. The howling wind truly dominates. I have another non-drone video on the pumice shower with the natural sounds.
Thanks and I wish drones could record audio but there is one flaw about that, the sounds of the blades and wind would be in the way of the microphone and it would be very annoying.
33:27 : this yellow and red flower, slowly expanding at the surface of the lava lake, is absolutely magic ! It looks like a _"Fleur du Mal"_ ( = a "Flower of Evil") by Charles Baudelaire.
Thank you. I was fascinating watching it unfold. I almost went into a trance and had to remember to get the drone back before the battery warning sounded.
I would love to see a map of the magma chamber that supplies lava to this volcano. How large is it? How deep does it extend? Surely, some bright young volvanologist has made such a map!
I really enjoyed the music in the background. If you are going to use natural sounds, I hope you can figure out a way to muffle out the wind noise. When I hear the nasty wind noise, I mute the sound. Love the videos. Keep up the great work!
Hi Folks, For anyone who is interested, here is a short summary of my advice for anyone who wants to visit the volcano. Base Camp. Grindavik. It is a charming little town with a supermarket, a gas station, and several excellent restaurants. Grindavik is about 10 minutes from the parking area for the volcano. I stay at the Borg Guesthouse and thought it was very good. Getting to the parking lot. The road up to the parking was brutal when I was there. You may want to consider something other than the El Cheapo economy car just to make it up to the parking lot in one piece. When you get there, take a picture of where your car is. I had a metallic blue car which, when I came back after midnight, was just a gray as every other car there, and when you can back, trust me, you are not going to want to walk around the parking lot clicking your remote trying to find your car. Equipment. Expect it to be cold and windy, with occasional rain and snow. I wore 4 layers on top and 2 layers on the bottom, with fairly rugged footwear. I put my drone, controller, jacket, rain gear and food/water into a backpack, and hiked up using walking poles (the Icelandic authorities have since graded the rocky path into a much better road). When you get to the top of the mountain, first, take some time to learn the rhythm of the volcano. Every 6 - 9 minutes, you will see an orange river of lava start to come out of the volcano. That is the key; it will start erupting within a minute. Pay attention to the direction of the wind. The wind can blow pumice particles over 1 km “downwind”. When the pumice particles hit you, it is kind of funny because they are light and don’t really hurt. But, they can take out a drone propeller. So, I generally tried to get “upwind” of the volcano, cheat in as close as I could, then start backing off 30 to 45 seconds after I the orange lava river begin to pour out of the volcano. Be prepared to deal with cold and wind. When I was there (mid-May), it was around freezing and very windy, with occasional snow. I really lucked out in that I didn’t get the usual Iceland rain. But, it is very hard to control your drone when you can’t feel anything under your thumbs and fingers. I fashioned some hand warmers, and will bring better hand warmers next time. Lighting. I felt that I got my best shots an hour or so before “darkness” fell (which in mid-May is around 11 PM or midnight). So, my best sessions were when I hiked up (about an hour on the new road) around 7 PM, then set up, flew a battery then put my hands back into my pockets for 20 minutes, waited out snow/bad winds, then flew again. Getting back down. Remember that an inordinate number of skiing accidents happen on “the last run”, and that an inordinately larger number pf people die coming down from Mt. Everest than going up. So, don’t burn through all your reserves up there on the mountain; realize that you still have a couple of miles in freezing weather to hike back to the parking lot, and leave before you are too cold. I realize that those who have not been up there may not understand, but trust me, a couple of hours on top of a mountain in freezing wind will really take it out of you. Get down while you can still do it safely.
Espectacular!!!!!!!!!
This is bye far the best video with the drone getting shots no one else can peering into the mouth of the beast, as it continues to belch out 2000" degree lava and i'll just sit here and enjoy the spectacle while listening to turok ost which goes perfect with this hostle landscape.
I'm so glad I got there when I did, as the lava is closing down the trail so that we can't get as close as we did before.
Stunning
I turn you on for mostly the music,dont get me wrong your footage is beautiful also but the music just hits me in the right way. Thank You
Beautiful videos. From California
This is the best video i ever saw about the new eruption in Iceland.
This is excellent but Gutn Tog has amazing videos, as well.
Gutn Tog has some great up close stuff, plus I think he lives there so he is great for "ongoing changes".
Mesmerizing level over 9000!
Those big fountaining episodes were amazing
Very. Well. Done.
Awesome, Thank You!
Probably the best half hour I've spent this week!
Thank you, comments like yours make this all worthwhile.
Stunning! Thankyou 😊
Very beautiful footage . Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful. Thank you🙏🙏🙏
Thanks to you too!
Spectacular video. Thanks. Certainly one of the best I've seen from the Icelandic volcano up till now.
Wow, thanks!
so....magical! For those of us who can't be there, this is the absolute next best thing! Takk!
Thanks and I hope someday you will be able to come someday!
@@dronelaw yup just waiting for my 2nd Phizer jab and the tickets will be booked! Fingers crossed.
Just to add to the comment I made on your previous video, the choice of music is perfect for watching this, and once again your video and drone work is outstanding.
Thank you!
Beautifully done video. Thank you 😊.
Best ive seen👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks, glad you like it!
great job and music thank you
INCREDIBLE!!!!
Thank you.
Amazing footage thankyou 👍🙂🇬🇧
Great footage great music! Thank you 😊
Stunning footage. Thank you.
No problem.
I enjoy the music. your choice of artist/theme is just fine. Your shots are beautiful.
SUPER !
Now that's some scientific worthy video footage, you have here. Bravo, sir Bravo!! Must say, I quickly tired of all ground based video that has been taken. They just aren't able to capture the grand scale of it, like a simple drone can. Hope you can get back there soon, would love to see more!
I'm back in July (I just fly drones for a fun hobby and am a patent attorney by profession; if I didn't respect my clients so much I'd probably head back over next week).
@@dronelaw "For a fun hobby". Well, sir you have a great eye for getting the footage I've been hoping for. Static footage of inside the crater as the eruptions begin. I think you do an awesome job of piloting the drone. Very smooth and stable operation. And my god, the amount of lava that spews and gushes forth is unbelievable. Enjoy yourself in July! Stay safe.
Spectacular - nicely done!
Absolument magnifique !
Merci!
So beautiful! thank you from New York State!
Thanks for watching!
So fantastic to get close ups as the walls grow higher other cams don’t get this detail what a banger many thank yous 👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Very nice job on the video. Very cool to see, Thanks
Good work here.
Appreciated!
Your images are PERFECT, very very well done! And the music is also very pleasant....
Thank you very much!
Amazing vid! Thanks!
Visually stunning. A true record.
Yep!
Fabulous filming.
Great photography!
Thank you; it was a blast filming it.
Nice to see the other side of the volcano. Wonderful footage. Thank you.
Your right, it sure is.
Amazing!
Thanks!
you gotta admit this new drone footage in hi def of lava is prety awsome. back up back up back up especially the part where it slowly comes up with the cracks
I wanted to thank you all for your kind comments and good suggestions on how I can improve my videos. I'm going back with my family in July and will make some more then.
Totally mesmerising, thank you 🤩🤩
Fantastic views!
I know right?
Great. Fantastic music that somehow goes well with epic footage of volcano.
These are truly superb drone views.
Merci 🤩.
Beautiful and the music. Thank you, very peaceful video. So seems unstoppable at this point.
~ I been watching GutnTog's channel, with such great coverage.
Agreed, the Ring Road will be breached by July, when I go back,
Drone Zone, you have THE BEST quality video out there that is covering this eruption. Keep up the great work! Thank you so much! Much Love!!!!
Very spectacular indeed.
Thank you very much. Flying drones is just a hobby for me, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wow you do a awesome job on the video it's like you are there good background music the video is good to me thank you very much.
Absolutely spectacular footage of this amazing volcano that continues to grow and present new video footage perhaps for many years to come. Well done! Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia.
Have to say this is a great piece pf work!!
WOW your footage is spectacular, your music is spot on. Your editing makes this the most enjoyable video Ive seen in a very long time. Thankyou so very much for sharing. 👏👏
Thank you!
Stunning footage. Thank you for posting it.
That shot from up high is AWESOME!!
Felicidades y gracias por compartir. Hermosas imágenes y la música espectacular!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼
De nada! Era un viaje muy bueno. Lo siento para mi Espanol malo.
Excellent views. I am even enjoying the music. That is a massive amount of lava that is being put out.
And, I've only been back 6 days and the rate of lava flow has almost doubled since I left!
@@dronelaw
It's unreal!!!
@@abelis644 No kidding! I watch the videos now and pretty soon it is goodbye Ring Road.
This is utterly stunning footage. Enjoyed the music too.
Thank you.
Same here Jason. Good footage, great matching tunes to relax the soul. Nice work Drone Zone.
I actually know the first song. It is by Dan Lebowitz - 'Last Train to Mars.'
Dude excellent job with this footage!!!
👏👏👏
What an awesome, breathtaking and majestic scene! What a great Creator! Excellent drone footage, thank you!
My pleasure. I was a lot of fun to shoot it, but more important, to experience it.
Thank you for sharing and the music is perfect. So peaceful and serene. Relaxing really.
Thank you too!
Yes truly 👁️🌌👁️🧘🏾♀️💃🏾☯️🌟🌀🌌
Beautiful footage! Some of the best views of the crater I have ever seen! Those patterns are mesmerising.
Massive isn't it? Not going to stop at anything. Walls or not, it wants to flow and flow right into the sea.
I have been asked by quite a few people to give them an idea of what it is like to visit the volcano. So, here is Eric’s quick tour guide to the Iceland Volcano.
Base Camp. Grindavik. It is a charming little town with a supermarket, a gas station, and several excellent restaurants. Grindavik is about 10 minutes from the parking area for the volcano. I stayed at the Borg Guesthouse and thought it was very good.
Getting to the parking lot. The road up to the parking lot was brutal when I was there. You may want to consider something other than an El Cheapo economy car just to make it up to the parking lot in one piece. When you get there, take a picture of where your car is. I had a metallic blue car which, when I came back after midnight, was just a gray as every other car there, and when you get back, trust me, you are not going to want to walk around the parking lot clicking your remote trying to find your car.
Equipment. Expect it to be cold and windy, with occasional rain and snow. I carried or wore 4 layers on top and 2 layers on the bottom, with fairly rugged footwear. I put my drone, controller, spare batteries, jacket, rain gear and food/water into a backpack, and hiked up using walking poles (the Icelandic authorities have since graded the rocky path into a much better road).
When you get to the top of the mountain, first, take some time to learn the rhythm of the volcano. Every 6 - 9 minutes, you will see an orange river of lava start to come out of the volcano. That is the key; it will start erupting within a minute. Pay attention to the direction of the wind. The wind can blow pumice particles over 1 km “downwind”. When the pumice particles hit you, it is kind of funny because they are light and don’t really hurt. But, they can take out a drone propeller. So, I generally tried to get “upwind” of the volcano, cheat in as close as I could, then start backing off 30 to 45 seconds after I saw the orange lava river begin to pour out of the volcano.
Be prepared to deal with cold and wind. When I was there (mid-May), it was around freezing and very windy, with occasional snow. I really lucked out in that I didn’t get the usual Iceland rain. But, it is very hard to control your drone when you can’t feel anything under your thumbs and fingers. I fashioned some hand warmers, and will bring better hand warmers next time.
Lighting. I felt that I got my best shots an hour or so before “darkness” fell (which in mid-May is around 11 PM or midnight). So, my best sessions were when I hiked up (about an hour on the new road) around 7 PM, then set up, flew a battery then put my hands back into my pockets for 20 minutes, waited out snow/bad winds, then flew again.
Getting back down. Remember that an inordinate number of skiing accidents happen on “the last run”, and that an inordinately larger number pf people die coming down from Mt. Everest than going up. So, don’t burn through all your reserves up there on the mountain; realize that you still have a couple of miles in freezing weather to hike back to the parking lot, and leave before you are too cold. I realize that those who have not been up there may not understand, but trust me, a couple of hours on top of a mountain in freezing wind will really take it out of you. Get down while you can still do it safely.
Fascinating! Thank you for this!
Isabelle Victoria British Columbia
Just wanted to add a follow-up comment. Since I left Iceland a few weeks ago, the lava stream has cut through the trail I show in this video in two different locations, and is filling the valley, so many people are walking up from "the lower lot".
Great footage, fascinating stuff🖖🏼
I agree with Jason Allen, stunning footage, to say the least, Thank You!
That. was. AMAZING!!! *Outstanding* footage and music selection. Thank you for the experience!
Earth’s safety valves.
Cannot imagine actually being there and experiencing the sight, sound and smell of the lava bursting out and flowing s9 freely.
The sound of he bursting lava is pretty loud as you hearing the rumbling.
Amazing footage! And the picture taking at 6:00 is sooo wooow... i'm speechless!!! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
I was watching this on June 8th and was quite confused until I looked at the video posting date realized it was 2 weeks ago. The ongoing change is amazing...
No kidding. I look at where the lava is now and it has already cut off the path I used in two separate places.
Awesome drone footage especially looking down into the crater as an eruption is about to occur.
Thank you, it was really a thrill to fly over that marvelous earth-maker.
From New Zealand thank you for giving us all look at one of the world's wonder's
And, speaking of the world's wonders, you live in one!
Your drone footage is amazing, nice soundtrack too. Drones have really revolutionised studying volcanos, thanks for sharing with us ) x
Extraordinary beautiful. Thank you very much for posting this.
Danke sehr, dass Sie das wunderbare Schauspiel mit uns teilen. Ich genieße es sehr samt schöner Musik.
Thank you for your work. Good choice of music. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and have experienced eruptions first hand. Quite a epic and humbling experience. You deserve many more subscribers.
I was born in Oahu. Nice area!
very nice shots
Thanks.
Beautiful. Liked and Subscribed.
Thanks, that also really helps out my law firm.
Excellent pictures! It takes the news from Kongo to remind one of what terrible monster is shown there.
Yes, the Congo was a horrible disaster. It's knowing there is no loss of life or property is what makes it possible to so enjoy these volcanoes and to relish the display Earth is putting on.
Agree!
Thank you for this, you really caught some spectacular images.
My pleasure!
I might be in the minority here but I thoroughly enjoyed the soundtrack accompanying this video. Perhaps for a 5 minute video the sound of crackling lava rock sliding down slopes and wind noise in microphone screens would give you more of a sense of being there but I have watched other videos at ground level that captured live sound and I found it annoying after more than a few minutes. So for a 37 minute presentation I much prefer the soundtrack approach and have enjoyed very much sitting back and watching your compilation of incredible high definition drone videos. It reminds me somewhat of sitting in front of a fireplace and watching the flames consume the wood. Strangely relaxing.
Yes I love this Music went im Sad & Natural Sound when Happy there is ROOM FOR BOTH! One Think'z!!
Absolutely fantastic footage and the music completely captures the majesty of it all. You are very skilled with your drone to capture such precise footage. Thankyou so much for this. It is a real treat to watch. I am in awe!
Thank you. I'm heading back in a week and will hopefully bring back some more footage from that trip.
Your footage is so much better than what’s on 60 Minutes this evening.
Thanks Paul. Perhaps they didn't have the thumb warmers I made up after my first night freezing out there on my first trip.
The gravity? Going?
a wall has to be droppred there.
Wow that is amazing footage. What kind of drone and or camera. Good Job!
Just a simple little Mavic 2 (one that is about 2 years old).
Great footage and the accompanying music, my friend sent me the link to this video and I truly enjoyed watching it .... I have shared this video on my Facebook wall for others to enjoy as well. .. by the way, please provide some details about the music (artist, etc. etc.).
Awesome, thank you!
You are doing a fine job! Love the music.
33:30 Heart of the volcano.
Have you ever wondered how much total energy that this volcano has released in total and how much it releases on average each day?
No kidding, just imagine how much steam energy could be harnessed with 2,000 degree lava.
Great video THANKS??/
One Fellower more !! Regards from Arosa Switzerland!!
Ah, beautiful Switzerland! I have taken the train through it and flown over it.
I watched the birth of a mountain in my lifetime
Any bets when this is going to hit the sea? I say around then end of May. Great footage by the way! You did pick some good music to play though.
I think you may be right. I've been back in California for only 6 days and the spread of the lava is SO much more than when I was there. I'm going back in July and my family was planning on doing the Ring Road. I'm a bit worried that to have a "ring", you cannot have a lava stream through the middle of it.
This is excellent. I prefer the music to the constant wind noise from other peoples recordings. I mean really...can't they get a wind excluder on their mic's? It's only a piece of fur. Again this is much better than SKOOOOKKKOOOAAAAOOGGGGGSSSOOOO!
Thank you. Basically there are three noises you hear on the top of the mountain: 1) Howling wind (constant), 2) volcano erupting (every 6 - 8 minutes), 3) people making comments. The howling wind truly dominates. I have another non-drone video on the pumice shower with the natural sounds.
Remarkable footage. Great sound choice (at least for my ears) given that your drone doesn't record sound.......
Thanks and I wish drones could record audio but there is one flaw about that, the sounds of the blades and wind would be in the way of the microphone and it would be very annoying.
wow
33:27 : this yellow and red flower, slowly expanding at the surface of the lava lake, is absolutely magic ! It looks like a _"Fleur du Mal"_ ( = a "Flower of Evil") by Charles Baudelaire.
Thank you. I was fascinating watching it unfold. I almost went into a trance and had to remember to get the drone back before the battery warning sounded.
I would love to see a map of the magma chamber that supplies lava to this volcano. How large is it? How deep does it extend? Surely, some bright young volvanologist has made such a map!
I don't think they know yet. They know that there is a "lot" of pressure under that earth, and it has come up so far in 5 different locations.
I really enjoyed the music in the background. If you are going to use natural sounds, I hope you can figure out a way to muffle out the wind noise. When I hear the nasty wind noise, I mute the sound.
Love the videos. Keep up the great work!
Hi Folks, For anyone who is interested, here is a short summary of my advice for anyone who wants to visit the volcano.
Base Camp. Grindavik. It is a charming little town with a supermarket, a gas station, and several excellent restaurants. Grindavik is about 10 minutes from the parking area for the volcano. I stay at the Borg Guesthouse and thought it was very good.
Getting to the parking lot. The road up to the parking was brutal when I was there. You may want to consider something other than the El Cheapo economy car just to make it up to the parking lot in one piece. When you get there, take a picture of where your car is. I had a metallic blue car which, when I came back after midnight, was just a gray as every other car there, and when you can back, trust me, you are not going to want to walk around the parking lot clicking your remote trying to find your car.
Equipment. Expect it to be cold and windy, with occasional rain and snow. I wore 4 layers on top and 2 layers on the bottom, with fairly rugged footwear. I put my drone, controller, jacket, rain gear and food/water into a backpack, and hiked up using walking poles (the Icelandic authorities have since graded the rocky path into a much better road).
When you get to the top of the mountain, first, take some time to learn the rhythm of the volcano. Every 6 - 9 minutes, you will see an orange river of lava start to come out of the volcano. That is the key; it will start erupting within a minute. Pay attention to the direction of the wind. The wind can blow pumice particles over 1 km “downwind”. When the pumice particles hit you, it is kind of funny because they are light and don’t really hurt. But, they can take out a drone propeller. So, I generally tried to get “upwind” of the volcano, cheat in as close as I could, then start backing off 30 to 45 seconds after I the orange lava river begin to pour out of the volcano.
Be prepared to deal with cold and wind. When I was there (mid-May), it was around freezing and very windy, with occasional snow. I really lucked out in that I didn’t get the usual Iceland rain. But, it is very hard to control your drone when you can’t feel anything under your thumbs and fingers. I fashioned some hand warmers, and will bring better hand warmers next time.
Lighting. I felt that I got my best shots an hour or so before “darkness” fell (which in mid-May is around 11 PM or midnight). So, my best sessions were when I hiked up (about an hour on the new road) around 7 PM, then set up, flew a battery then put my hands back into my pockets for 20 minutes, waited out snow/bad winds, then flew again.
Getting back down. Remember that an inordinate number of skiing accidents happen on “the last run”, and that an inordinately larger number pf people die coming down from Mt. Everest than going up. So, don’t burn through all your reserves up there on the mountain; realize that you still have a couple of miles in freezing weather to hike back to the parking lot, and leave before you are too cold. I realize that those who have not been up there may not understand, but trust me, a couple of hours on top of a mountain in freezing wind will really take it out of you. Get down while you can still do it safely.
This is amazing video and the music is good also!
Dankeschön
Love the drone footage & the music! I would love to know the artist doing the first song. TU
Oh I love the music! I’d like to know what it is!