Régis Thiéry

Exoplanet... Pulse. A mesmerizing slow vertical descent by drone over the glowing heart of an active lava flow at Sundhnúkagígar, Iceland.From above, you witness highly fluid basalt surging through a natural channel. The bright orange incandescent core reveals where the surface crust is thinnest and constantly torn open by the relentless pressure of molten lava pushing from below. Along the darker edges, the cooled, solid crust is dragged along and folded by the flow’s movement, creating beautiful compressed, rope-like textures known as pahoehoe.As the drone glides lower, the drama becomes even more vivid: the central crust bulges, cracks, and rips apart as fresh, blazing lava breaks through from underneath. The surface inflates like a living thing — stretching, fracturing, and resealing in a slow, hypnotic rhythm.This is what steady lava supply and highly fluid basalt look like in action. The flow keeps deforming its own skin from within, constantly renewing itself as it advances.Raw, powerful, and strangely beautiful — the living pulse of the Earth .Video by Marco Di Marco / Volcano Chaser