Any guesses on how this video is captured?

my guess would be a lava suit and a long pole.

Man, I would be a bit afraid that the waves would push me or my camera right in to the lava flow.

*quality *promote the visceral fear of being pushed into molten lava by Mama Nature and the Tides.

Dang.

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Reminds me of the day after eating some spicy Indian food.

What is happening under the water is way more interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJn8izcKtg

LAVA IS SO COOL! I remember as a kid the first job I wanted was to be a Volcanologist.

eia even being that close with a pole

It's a drone camera.

And that footage is epically cool, ironically.

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Earth sharts!

Best place for that molten shit.

Are you sure that's a drone? The aerodynamics of that environment don't seem compatible. I know quadros are pretty steady, but the camera even dips into the water at one point which is definitely (to my limited knowledge) something a drone can't do.
I imagine you meant some other kind of drone than what I'm picturing, no?

Probably some type of video capture device. Just a wild guess.

Finally someone who's making some sense.

I think you're right. In fact I'd be willing to bet it was a camera.

I think you can see at the beginning that the camera frame is descending from above. There's some delay between when the water rushes in and when the operator reacts to it and there's other aspects that point me toward thinking it's not hand-held. It seems to have a fairly small sideways range and move up and down quite easily so I think it's on the end of a pole. (I know, Mom joke incoming... (; )

I'm guessing a long selfie-pole finally put to some good use.

And - that at the top looks like a dragon regurgitating.