Bardabunga

I know that “Bardarbunga” sounds like something Silvio Berlusconi might do with one of his teenage girlfriends, but in fact it’s the volcano in Iceland that’s presently erupting.  And the “d” isn’t a “d”, it’s a ð, which is to say a thorn, and pronounced like a “th.”  (Vikings didn’t mind their Ps and Qs, they minded their ashes and thorns.)

All of which has little to do with today’s video, in Eric Cheng, director of aerial photography for drone maker DJI, flew his Phantom 2 drone so close to the eruption that his GoPro camera melted.  Here’s a montage of his best shots.

And below, check out the a documentary of how the video was made.