New video shows tourists taking selfies while wearing filter masks in Whakaari crater just before the volcanic eruption
Video released by a Brazilian tourist shows how his White Island tour group's enjoyment turning to panic as the volcano erupted on Monday.
Allessandro Kauffmann, who was among the last tour group to visit the crater before it erupted, posted the video on Thursday morning. It shows people taking selfies as steam spews from fissures, while a tour guide explains some of the geological features of the volcano. Moments after the group leaves on board a tour boat, a huge plume of smoke explodes, shocking those on board.
"That's terrifying, you can't tell your mum this happened," a tourist can be heard saying in the video. Tour boat operators used rubber boats attached to the vessel to return to the island's shore and rescue survivors.
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