Footage shows what it is like to be completely swallowed by lava

FOOTAGE from a GoPro has captured the moment it was completely consumed by lava and somehow came out still working.

A CAMERA has captured the moment it was completely swallowed by molten lava and has miraculously come out still working.

Tour guide Erik Storm forgot to retrieve his GoPro after placing it down a crevice in a volcano as he was showing a group around the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. He was sure that it would be nothing more than a melted piece of plastic.

He broke through the lava after it had stopped flowing and cooled down into rock form and to his surprise found that the device was still working and had captured every moment it was consumed by the molten rock.

“I used a geology rock hammer to pull it out of the lava and thought it was a total loss,” Mr Storm told photography blog Peta Pixel.

The mesmerising footage shows the lava slowly making its way towards the camera before fully engulfing the device in flames.

The footage shows the molten lava making its way down towards where the camera was sitting in a crevice between to rocks. Picture: Erik Storm/YouTube

The device burst into flames upon contact with the lava and somehow still managed to survive. Picture: Erik Storm/YouTube

GoPros are often advertised as indestructible but being submersed in flowing lava at a temperature of more than 1000 degrees Celsius and coming out relatively unscathed is next level durability.

Mr Storm confirmed that the camera was still working after the event, albeit not as well as before but the fact that it even still resembled a GoPro was impressive, let alone having recorded and saved all the footage.

“The camera even still worked although not as well as it did before,” he said.

“Truly amazing it survived.”

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