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Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist
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Into the Inferno

Um, you know, we both--As a volcanologist, of course, there's a riskdoing the...

Um, you know, we both--
As a volcanologist, of course, there's a risk
doing the measurements, and you ask yourself, "Well, is it worth
dying to get this measurement?" And the answer is no,
if you look at it in those terms

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Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist,
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of course, there's a risk doing the measurements,
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and you ask yourself, "Well, is it worth dying to get this measurement?"
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And the answer is no, if you look at it in those terms.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:54
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.
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
[Werner] Indonesia was the right place for an aspiring scientist. - Into the Inferno 00:50
[Werner] Indonesia was the right place for an aspiring scien...
Fortunately, this eruption did not hurt anyone, - Into the Inferno 00:08
Fortunately, this eruption did not hurt anyone,
[indistinct radio chatter] - Into the Inferno 00:22
[indistinct radio chatter]
In order to prevent such catastrophes, - Into the Inferno 00:27
In order to prevent such catastrophes,