Laurel Run Anthracite Seam Mine Fire Video http://www.alansondheim.org/DSC06622.JPG https://youtu.be/09z4Hrva6IY VIDEO The quality's not good here; we were shooting in the rain and wind; I was having serious trouble with my eyes; the video is .mov and I had to use that, even with blurring; the .mp4 didn't work at all... ... I'm doing a talk at Haverford; part of it is on mine fires. We know them first-hand. We've documented one in particular... An anthracite mine fire began around 1915 in Laurel Run; homes and buildings had to be demolished and most of the town destroyed. Wikipedia reports the fire was out in 1973; my brother Mark, Azure, and I have been there several times and the fire was still active. But last time was 15 years ago. The area is desolate, abandoned, overgrown, somewhat dangerous. We returned today in the rain and wind, Keep Out and No Hunting signs, trash and sounds of gunshots nearby. We found a number of fumaroles and crevices, everything active. My eyes burned so badly I had trouble seeing and we retreated down the hill. I was also worried about the cameras; I've had some damaged before as a result of photographing too close. We have video and stills, none pristine in the rain. We used a Sony camera that also recorded infrared. I was thrilled; the mountain was still alive. is a rough video; there's a whole biome at work here - _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
