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10/22/2008: "Awesome Tanna"

With our breath held we all climbed to the lip of Mt Yasur to watch the fireworks. From one viewpoint we could peer down into the bubbling lava, popping and waiting to burst. After ten minutes in this position Gavin erred on the side of caution and we moved back from the very lip to watch the fireworks erupt. You could actually see the compression wave in the air from the explosion as the sound wave thudded into our bodies. Larva flew hundreds of metres in the air. The rule is never take your eye off the eruption. If lava heads toward you move left or right to get out of it's way. Yeah right....