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On the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, Mount Yasur erupts almost without pause, and you can walk right up to the rim to watch it.
The 361-meter cone above Sulphur Bay holds a roughly 400-meter crater that fires Strombolian explosions — bursts of incandescent gas and molten rock flung hundreds of meters into the air — several times an hour, sometimes every few minutes.
Sailors have called it the 'Lighthouse of the Pacific' for the glow it throws across the night sky, and it has been in near-continuous eruption for centuries.
After dusk the spectacle transforms: each blast lights the underside of the ash plume orange, and glowing bombs arc and tumble back into the vent while the ground shudders and booms.
Because the rim is reached by a short walk from a road-accessible parking area, this is one of the very few places on the planet where an ordinary visitor can stand within a few hundred meters of an actively erupting crater.
Where to see it
A taste of where to see it. The full map, exact coordinates and the best timing for each spot live in the app.
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| Mount Yasur Crater Rim (Sulphur Bay access) |
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