Volcano Booms as Tourist's Camera Rolls

As Mount Tavurvur erupted in Papa New Guinea last week, a tourist captured the dramatic moment on video, along with a deafening sonic boom.

"Holy... smoking Toledos," says one remarkably calm tourist as the ash flies. "Watch out for the shock -- it's coming."

Australian taxi driver Phil McNamara was vacationing with friends when he decided to get a closer look at the active volcano, which leveled the town of Rabaul in 1994.

"We saw it erupting and the ladies from Kokopo Beach Bungalows where we were staying said they could take us out on the boat to get a closer look," McNamara told the Brisbane Times.

"I thought I might as well try and capture something you rarely get to see."

From Discovery News