Daredevils Set Up Camp on Bubbling Vanuatu Lava Lake (PHOTOS)

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He has spent nearly four months on the volcano.

ByNicole Bonaccorso•November 2, 2016

Marum, Nirablesiu and the South Ash Plain are seen here, photographed by Chris Horsley during his daring camping trip at the volcanic location.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

Christopher Horsley was a long way from his Ormskirk, U.K. home during his daring camping trip on Marum, an active lava lake in Ambrym, Vanuatu. He and his fellow campers, expedition founder Geoff Mackley, Nik Halik and Kevin Keator were the first to sleep at the bottom of the crater.

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One of the campers approaches the lava of Manum, an active lava lake of Ambrym, Vanuatu.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

From the red hot lava to ginormous craters, these extraordinary photos by a Lancashire man, look as though they belong on Mars. Christopher Horsley, 24, from Ormskirk, England, captured his camping trip to Marum, an active lava lake of Ambrym, Vanuatu with expedition founder, Geoff Mackley.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

"As climbers and filmmakers specializing in accessing volcanoes, the purpose of the mission was to acquire access to the crater floor, speding a night inside and to capture images using drone photography for ducumenting purposes," Horsley told Caters News Agency.

Jake Thomas repels down into Marum, a Vanuatu volcano.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

"To set up camp in such an extreme location blows the mind, being surrounded by 450 meter rock faces on all sides really makes you feel helpless. Also the 70 meter wide roaring lava lakes help with that too," Horsley added.

Burning lava is seen inside Marum, an active lava lake of Ambrym, Vanuatu.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

Chris Horsley eats near firey Marum, an active lava lake of Ambrym, Vanuatu.
(Chris Horsley / Caters News Agency)

This was Horsley's third expedition to Ambrym, and he has spent a total of nearly four months on the volcano. He's decended into Marum 14 times in total.

He told Caters News Agency that descents into the crater takes him about two to two and a half hours. The dangers are apparent in the photos, and Horsley said that problems can escalate very quickly in the volcanic location.