The view from inside Iceland's Thrihnukagigur volcano

By Nick Miller
Updated May 29 2015 - 3:25pm, first published 2:43pm
Inside view: the crater of Iceland's dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Photo: Nick Miller
Inside view: the crater of Iceland's dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Photo: Nick Miller
Tourists enter the volcano, lowered five-at-a-time. Photo: Nick Miller
Tourists enter the volcano, lowered five-at-a-time. Photo: Nick Miller
Opthamologist Árni B. Stefánsson first entered the Thrihnukagigur volcano 40 years ago. Photo: Nick Miller
Opthamologist Árni B. Stefánsson first entered the Thrihnukagigur volcano 40 years ago. Photo: Nick Miller
Blue Mountains Country Park opened for the first time for skiers. Photo: Nick Miller
Blue Mountains Country Park opened for the first time for skiers. Photo: Nick Miller

Reykjavik, Iceland: The slim platform I'm perching on dangles on wires out of a chimney at the top of an immense cavern.

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