GoPro-Kameras sind ultraleicht, ultraportabel und extrem widerstandfest und liefern hochauflösendes Material und Sound, was sie zur ultimativen Möglichkeit macht, Bilder aus der Ego-Perpektive aufzunehmen, egal wie extrem der Sport ist. Um zu zeigen, wie haltbar diese Mini-Cams wirklich sind, werfen wir einen Blick auf die GoPro von Erik Storm, Eigentümer und leitender Führer des Kilauea EcoGuides auf Hawaii.
Erik hat seine GoPro überall mit hingenommen und einges Tages legte er die Cam in einen Riss, um Lavaströme zu filmen – und die Lava die Kamera verschluckte:
“I was telling a story when the molten lava completely engulfed my GoPro (with housing on) and it caught on fire,” Storm tells PetaPixel. “I used a geology rock hammer to pull it out of the lava and thought it was a total loss.
After getting back home, Storm hammered the cooled rock off the GoPro housing. He suddenly noticed that the Wi-Fi light on the camera within was still blinking.
When he pulled the SD card out of the camera, he found that the footage was still intact. The last video on it shows the camera getting engulfed by lava and flames bursting into view.
“The camera even still worked although not a well as it did before,” Storm says. “Truly amazing it survived!”