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The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness

author:琳时出发TravelLin

Volcanoes seem to be a timeless and curious topic for people, so every year countless people embark on their own volcanic adventures. And when it comes to volcanoes that can be touched up close, it is necessary to mention the Furness Volcano located near Saint Philip of the French island of Reunion, which is also known as the fiery heart of Reunion Island.

The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness

Mount Furness, also known as "Furnace Peak", is a volcano that has been active, in layman's terms it is an active volcano, and it is also one of the most active volcanoes in the world, but although it is so active, it is a very close volcano, everyone can see it up close when it does not erupt, and even go inside it, so it is also a very "approachable" volcano.

The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness

Mount Furness is 2,631 meters above sea level and has a caldera 8 km wide at the top. The volcano has been "active" for at least 530,000 years. When you come to Mount Furness, you must check in for a volcanic hike, from plaine-des-Cafres to the Pas de Bellecombe, then continue to the L'Enclos, and finally climb the 2631-meter-high crater to complete a volcanic summit. It is worth mentioning that when you stand at the top of the volcano and look down, you will feel that the surface appearance here is very similar to the surface of the moon, and its degree of similarity is so high that NASA will choose to shoot here when filming the lunar lander propaganda film, so your step-by-step experience of reaching the crater will also be like the feeling of walking from the earth to the surface of the moon, and you seem to be a brave astronaut at this moment.

The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness
The fiery heart of Reunion Island: Mount Furness

The closest eruption to Mount Furness was on December 22, 2021, half a year ago, and this is already its second eruption in 2021, showing its exuberant "vitality".