Volcanic Landscapes

[GrantKaye]

([a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=40565\']Adrian T's excellent image of Mayon volcano[/a]) from yesterday got me thinking about some of my older work shot in Hawai`i a few years ago. Here's an image of a pahoehoe flow shot one late afternoon on the coastal plain of Kilauea Volcano below the Pu`u O`o vent in 2004. As was typically the problem, the heat from the lava made it somewhat difficult to get tack-sharp focus...

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To anyone else with volcano images, post them in this thread! I might add a few more or mine later on if people would like to see them.

[wolfnowl]

Nice one!  Shot with a 400mm lens, I trust?  

Mike.

[AdrianT]

Wow, that is an AWESOME image. Can't imagine being that close to molten lava. You have amazing images on your site Grant, you should try to make a trip to the Philippines once Mt. Mayon raises its seismic activity again.

Here's another shot of Mt. Mayon. Shot at 7pm, 2 minute exposure, 300mm.

The Volcano Runneth Over

[Jeremy Roussak]

([a href=\'index.php?act=findpost&pid=40565\']Adrian T's excellent image of Mayon volcano[/a]) from yesterday got me thinking about some of my older work shot in Hawai`i a few years ago. Here's an image of a pahoehoe flow shot one late afternoon on the coastal plain of Kilauea Volcano below the Pu`u O`o vent in 2004. As was typically the problem, the heat from the lava made it somewhat difficult to get tack-sharp focus...

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To anyone else with volcano images, post them in this thread! I might add a few more or mine later on if people would like to see them.

Great shot! How easy is it to get access for photos like that?

Yes, please post some more.

Jeremy

[francois]

It's a very pleasing image. I find the shape of the molten lava very "elegant".
Congrats.

[GrantKaye]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Here's a few more I have access to at the moment:

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Flow on the rootless shields below Pu`u O`o, Kilauea

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Pahoehoe flow below Pali Uli, Kilauea, 2001

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Looking out through the Puka Nui gap in the wall of Pu`u O`o Crater, January 2004

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Photographer G. Brad Lewis on the rim on Pu`u O`o Crater

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The collapsed roof of a lava tube

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View into the crater of Pu`u O`o at Dawn

In terms of access, I used to work at the US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and a few of these pictures were taken on research and work trips in places accessible only by helicopter and generally off-limits to the public. Some, however, were taken at various open places around Volcanoes National Park, a short hike from the end of the Chain of Craters Road / Puna side depending on the flows. At certain times in the past decades, the lava flows have been very easily accessible.

[Alexandre Buisse]

Climbing a (6075m) volcano while another one was erupting in the background, Peru:





Close-up of the same:




An old panorama, looking down in the crater of an active volcano in northern Chile (~5500m high):




And my sister peering down:

[RobReuthal]

The picture "Close-up of the same" in the last set is very great, I also like the first shot (first set) ´n "The collapsed roof of a lava tube" but all of your photos are well done !