8 July 2004 - 0556

This is disaster waiting to happen. Note steaming rocks directly below the two gentlemen, who ventured far beyond the park's barrier to test fate at the edge of the Banana entry. Clouds of laze billow up just behind them; luckily the wind didn't change direction when they were there. A large wave could have washed scalding water across them, part of the delta they are standing on could have collapsed suddenly, or another part could have collapsed and created a wave large enough to engulf them. Four people have been killed along lava deltas by just such sudden events. 0556.