GoPro Gets Covered by Lava, Bursts Into Flames, and Survives

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Here’s the amazing story of a tough little GoPro camera that refused to die after getting hit by molten lava, bursting into flames, and surviving to shoot another day. Erik Storm is the owner and lead guide of Kilauea EcoGuides in Hawaii. About 16 months ago, he was on a tour when he placed his GoPro into a crack to film lava flows.

“I was telling a story when the molten lava completely engulfed my GoPro (with housing on) and it caught on fire,” Storm tells PetaPixel. “I used a geology rock hammer to pull it out of the lava and thought it was a total loss. After getting back home, Storm hammered the cooled rock off the GoPro housing. He suddenly noticed that the Wi-Fi light on the camera within was still blinking.
 
Good gawd, that's impressive. I can't tell, but it doesn't look like it was completely covered, but still . . . that's pretty hardcore.
 
I wonder how much pressure it can withstand. Attach a weight and drop it in the ocean.
 
This is like my son who keeps dropping his phone w/o the case and breaking the screen having an epiphany.
 
Wow, whatever company makes those plastic cases should totally never mention this.
 
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