Tourists hiking inside a volcano crater on New Zealand’s White Island a few minutes before a violent eruption killed at least five people.
The image, taken by the New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, was taken about five minutes before the eruption of the volcano at 2:15 pm local time.
A small group of people can be seen in the center of the photo hiking along a narrow path.
Authorities said there were about 50 people on the island at the time.
Twenty-three were rescued from the island, some of whom were wounded, but about 27 were still missing Monday afternoon, officials said.
