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National Geographic : 1960 Mar
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Only one plane was then available, with 10 aspirants for each of its 52 seats. More people came by the minute. At last a line of lucky passengers began to board, and the two agonized photographers stood by, still without seats. Volcanoes were their business. They felt abused as the count of sightseeing passengers rose from 40 to 45, then 50. Here the count stopped. Some where on the way, hopelessly delayed, were two tardy reservation holders. But for this misfortune, Wenkam and Goodman would not have been the first cameramen into the crater. GOODMANV NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSOCIETY When they arrived, five of the original dozen fountains were still playing, but some of these soon began to die down. As Good man said later, "We were afraid the show might be ending. So we decided to go down the trail into the crater a little way. "Every 50 feet brought us new camera angles. Whenever we stopped to think, we were sure we were too close, but then one of us would say, 'Let's go down a little farther.' The thing was irresistible. "By fits and starts we worked our way to the rift line. I didn't know we were there 309
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