Photographer Kawika Singson in Hawaii – 4 July 2013

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In photography, there’s a saying: “Anything for the shot”

I don’t know if I’d go as far as this guy, but props to him for risking himself and his equipment, I guess

Bro ruining a perfectly good pair of Asics for nothing.

I feel like melted rubber fused to your feet would be rather unpleasant... Hope he got those shoes off in time.

I feel like they lit some rubbing alcohol or something for this shot and immediately put it out after the pose. I doubt he would have gotten back without life threatening burns if it was in fact hot enough to ignite his shoes and tripod legs. Still crazy to be standing on a volcano though.

Ive actually been on the lave flows in Hawaii. Not catch your shit on fire hot, but where the surface was noticeable warm from the lava underneath.

Pele's hair I think is one of the coolest things you find. https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/nature/peles-hair.htm

Oh wow birds make their nests out of razer thin shards of glass? Crazy.

It's where they grow fiberglass, for home insulation and boat hulls.

Brother has got balls of steel balancing on the roof of Pele's house like that. Oh, I just realized this was shit over a decade ago... er, I'd imagine this kind of photographyis done with drones now?

I feel like a tiny bit of prep with metal caps on the tripod and foil or a metal sheet or something would go a long way.

Last time I was on The Big Island (which was a while ago) there was a tourist in front of us standing on the dried lava with shorts and flip-flops.