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Into the Inferno

And we, in our field team, we were anxious that you were goingto have us propelled down...

And we, in our field team, we were anxious that you were going
to have us propelled down towards the lava lake. There was some concern that you would be
looking for lengths of rope with which we could be lowered down
within meters of this fiery lake on Mount Erebus, volcano. And instead, you were interested
in what we were doing and why we were doing it

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And we, in our field team,
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we were anxious that you were going to have us propelled
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down towards the lava lake.
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There was some concern that you would be looking for lengths of rope
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with which we could be lowered down within meters of this fiery lake
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on Mount Erebus, volcano.
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And instead, you were interested in what we were doing
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and why we were doing it.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:10
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Matter of Fact Media,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Spring Films

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Movie Summary

An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
For me, there is no personal excitement to go down. - Into the Inferno 00:07
For me, there is no personal excitement to go down.
There's a curiosity. Yes, I would love to see it from close up. - Into the Inferno 00:06
There's a curiosity. Yes, I would love to see it from c...
But since it is too dangerous, it would be silly. - Into the Inferno 00:05
But since it is too dangerous, it would be silly.
Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist, - Into the Inferno 00:16
Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist,
But you're always trying to evaluate - Into the Inferno 00:07
But you're always trying to evaluate
I mean, even here, the volcano could explode now - Into the Inferno 00:08
I mean, even here, the volcano could explode now
[Werner] I'm the only one in filmmaking who is clinically sane, - Into the Inferno 00:08
[Werner] I'm the only one in filmmaking who is clinical...
I mean, you wouldn't still be here if you were insane. - Into the Inferno 00:05
I mean, you wouldn't still be here if you were insane.
You would've been consumed long ago by a pyroclastic current - Into the Inferno 00:10
You would've been consumed long ago by a pyroclastic cu...
I never doubted that for a moment from our first encounter. - Into the Inferno 00:06
I never doubted that for a moment from our first encounter.
Deposited out from the volcanic gas. - Into the Inferno 00:06
Deposited out from the volcanic gas.
[whooshing, rumbling] - Into the Inferno 00:06
[whooshing, rumbling]
But let it come at us. We'll face it and step aside. - Into the Inferno 00:07
But let it come at us. We'll face it and step aside.
[Werner] We would often discuss the life and work of a French couple, - Into the Inferno 00:27
[Werner] We would often discuss the life and work of a Frenc...
They were both instantly killed by a pyroclastic flow in Japan, - Into the Inferno 00:09
They were both instantly killed by a pyroclastic flow in Jap...
This is the very avalanche of super-heated gases that killed them. - Into the Inferno 00:16
This is the very avalanche of super-heated gases that killed...
-[bugs chirping] -[birds calling] - Into the Inferno 00:18
-[bugs chirping] -[birds calling]
I've come back intermittently over the years, - Into the Inferno 00:07
I've come back intermittently over the years,
The smell of the kretek clove cigarettes, the sights, the sounds. - Into the Inferno 00:07
The smell of the kretek clove cigarettes, the sights, the so...
And I think my career as a volcanologist - Into the Inferno 00:11
And I think my career as a volcanologist