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What in the name of god are these tourists(?) doing there !?

It's not that dangerous in real time (lava is slooow), especially if you have hills like they do close by to go up on.

This is from the webcam at the time. https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/21/gigbarmurinn-gefur-sig-o...

There have been incidents in Hawaii where people successfully used a garden hose to protect their home from oncoming lava flow.

Also in Iceland with fire hoses (against a considerably larger amount of lava):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Control_of_Nature

(This book is amazing -- highly recommended!)

Isn't there a chance a projectile of lava could land on them?

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