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Mount Vesuvius

Tourist Ignores Warnings, Falls Into Volcano While Taking a Selfie

An American tourist has been rescued after falling into the crater of an active volcano trying to take a selfie. The tourist had taken a closed-off path up the face of Mount Vesuvius, in Italy, and had climbed down into the crater in a bid to recover his mobile phone which he had dropped.

Hawaii Volcanoes Time-Lapse: An Awe-Inspiring ‘Sea to Summit’ Journey

QT Luong is typically a large-format photographer who travels the U.S. photographing the beauty of its national parks. When he decided to go to Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park, however, he chose to go digital and create the above time-lapse -- according to Luong, "the first time-lapse to survey Hawaii Volcanoes National Park from sea to summit."