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Life on the Rim: Working as a Volcanologist | Short Film Showcase


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yeah okay well it may be right simply
because
back home Fujin
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it’s the reason why I got into geology
to be in the field combining your
science in the lab work and the
analytical work with the field geology
is what it’s really all about for me
these are not people who stay in their
lab these are people who really go out
and look at things and see what’s going
on and there’s no substitute for that
that’s why this place is so
extraordinary and troubles Sigma this is
the best place in the world to camp
literally this volcano below Asante
Quito is a laboratory volcano it erupts
every hour you can get up high and look
right down like a Gazoo what a rare
opportunity it’s a straight shot down
the scarp so when you stand on those
rocks down there you would see like one
of the most marvelous volcanic
phenomenon on earth
did you hear anything in the night mine
doesn’t yell no I slow credible I heard
of shootings yeah
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some risks for geologists I’m mostly
done you are outside in the outdoors
especially it’s really difficult
volcanoes are mountains for us as a job
is like is that the volcano dangerous
not actually is the mountain itself the
mountains really dangerous
these things are very unstable so you
know it’s not necessarily the case
they’re just gonna keep drying up and up
and up and up because they’re also going
to be collapsing at the same time the
hike goes through a little Canyon we
know there’s rock fall loose rocks in a
bit of rock climbing’s but that was a
great great man just playing as well you
do think for a reason there is a payoff
right so you you want to go closer to
the volcano because there are better
data are we gonna go closer or how are
we not gonna go closer the problem is
that natural systems sometimes behave
nicely and they tell you they’re gonna
critical
differently to tell
in most places of the world it’s not a
hazard to the general population it’s a
hazard to volcanologists who are going
close to the volcano to to take samples
or to do some kind of measurement it’s
an impressive piece I don’t have
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