360º 8K Drone Footage of Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland

Introduction

You’ve seen quite a few drone videos of Ice­land’s Fagradals­f­jall vol­cano over the past few weeks, espe­cial­ly the last one where the drone end­ed up melt­ing down and falling into the vol­cano’s boil­ing vent. How­ev­er, there is anoth­er video that we would like to share with you, cap­tured by a drone with a 360-degree 8K cam­era on board, dur­ing which you can look lit­er­al­ly in all direc­tions.

8K 360º drone footage of Fagradalsfjall volcano

Fagradals­f­jall erupt­ed on March 19, 2021. It was­n’t long before drone pilots were able to cap­ture incred­i­bly beau­ti­ful aer­i­al pho­tographs of the vol­cano, in part because of the good acces­si­bil­i­ty of the crater. In addi­tion to videos, no less beau­ti­ful pho­tos of this nat­ur­al phe­nom­e­non were also tak­en.

So, when there is plen­ty to choose from, you can always select the one — the best shot, and today we are hap­py to share an inter­est­ing video from the famous Ice­landic pho­tog­ra­ph­er Rag­nar Th. Sig­urds­son, founder of Arc­tic Images, who, togeth­er with drone pilot Arnar Þór Þórs­son, made this vision a real­i­ty. Name­ly, this pro­fes­sion­al tan­dem came up with the idea to shoot a 360-degree video from a drone in order to immerse the view­er in the ongo­ing nat­ur­al action as much as pos­si­ble and allow him to choose where to look. The project is sup­port­ed by the Per­lan Muse­um, which is ded­i­cat­ed to the unique geog­ra­phy of Ice­land.

Insta360 Pro 2 and Matrice 600

For record­ing, an Insta360 Pro 2 cam­era was used, sus­pend­ed under the DJI Matrice 600 drone. A spe­cial sus­pen­sion was used to pre­vent the cam­era from swing­ing. Despite the very high tem­per­a­ture of the lava that the drone flew over (1240°C), both the drone and the 360º cam­era remained unscathed.

Video in 360º for­mat was record­ed with a res­o­lu­tion of at least 8K. The res­o­lu­tion in which the video is played depends on your brows­er and inter­net speed. For the most com­plete immer­sion, this video is rec­om­mend­ed to watch in VR glass­es. On oth­er devices, you can con­trol the view­ing direc­tion: mouse move­ment, rota­tion of the device (such as a smart­phone), as well as the keys on the key­board “A”, “W”, “S”, “D”. Hap­py view­ing.

Other related videos

These are the lat­est drone videos, some of which have become part of the Fagradals­f­jall vol­cano for­ev­er.