A powerful movie capturing the huge geyser with hot water spouting for 40 meters with a high-speed camera of 4K quality

The hot spring which groundwater warmed by geothermal becomes water vapor and spews to several tens of meters high is called " geyser ", and it is called active geyser of Iceland and Yellowstone National Park of America, in Japan it is a mercifer of Oita prefecture It is famous for such as horny hell in hot springs . The Slow Mo Guys has released a movie taken with a high-speed camera capable of shooting at 4 K image quality / 1000 fps, showing how such a geyser erupts, with super throw of various things.

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The Icelandic Strokklock geyser where there are many active volcanoes is popular as a tourist spot where you can see the power of nature in close proximity.

Mr. Gavin David Free (Gav) and Daniel Charles Gruchy (hereinafter Dan) will serve as moderators. I told that it is meant to capture the sparkling water spewing in a stroked geyser with the camera " Phantom Flex 4K " that can shoot at 4 K · 1000 fps ... ...

A geyser squirted behind me. It seems that the groundwater boiling rises every 5 to 10 minutes in Strokku geyser. Whether the smell of sulfur is standing around, "Somehow it smells like eggs," Gav.

While raining, we set up a camera and started shooting.

The water surface of the fountain slowly, it rises farther ... ....

In the meantime, an enormous size of water column stands.

Zoom on the geyser and check again the state of the spurt. The blue fountain dyed white with bubbles of water vapor rising from the bottom, thinking as if it was like a dome ......

Water vapor pierces the dome.

The fountain dome bursts like a balloon pierced with a needle, and the hot spring water quickly becomes a huge splash and rises high in the sky. Gav who confirmed the image, I am impressed that "like a giant it is like a big steam bubble is exploding under the water."

In order to lift Phantom Flex 4K and long connection cable, I used a large drone for business. In addition, although drone flight is prohibited around the Strokku geyser, this time it got a special permission for shooting.

This is Phantom Flex 4K

A drone rising high in the sky. Drone and camera operation are done by experts.

When viewing the picture actually taken from the drones, the water surface of the fountain is greatly raised at a level that can be seen from a distance.

Steam bubbles penetrate straight up and spew out straight up.

The height of hot water spouting is about 40 meters, about the same height as a 12-story building. There are few cases where a geyser is photographed from this angle, and Gav and Dan can not hide the excitement of the image which can not be obtained from the ground.

Although it is a pretty impressive image, Gav suggests that "I want to shoot spouts properly from above"! "No one has ever seen such a picture," Dan agreed, moving the drone almost just above the spout. Although it is frolic Gav that "this image will be gold!" ... ...

A drone is swallowed in the boiling water of the erupting geyser and screaming without thinking "No way!"

A drone pilot is smiling with a bitter smile next to surprising Dan.

Gav who quickly checks the super high end camera of 110 thousand dollars (about 12 million yen) who has bathed in boiling water.

It seems that I was able to take a picture well though being drunk by steam which is blowing up. It clearly shows how bubbles of water vapor come floating from the bottom of the spring.

Bubbles that have reached the surface of the water are lifted up through the spring ... ...

It spurt through the surface of the water and spurt out.

Hot water blows up at once to the camera ......

The screen is covered with splashing splashing splash. Thanks to slow motion shooting with 4K image quality and 1000 fps, you can clearly see each of the rising water droplets. "It looks like the earth is sneeing as if the geysers are trembling," said Gav.

The drone and the camera swallowed by the geyser seemed to have been safe, so I decided to move the place and shoot. The two people came, a giant waterfall called " Gosa Foss " in Iceland.

From the majestic landscape, you can see from this movie what kind of footage you would like if you shoot this Gosa Foss with Phantom Flex 4K, which is known for being the stage of myths and legends.