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Powerful eruption of Colima Volcano in Mexico on December 13th, 2015 ...
A lightning bolt pierces the night sky over Mount Colima as a column of swirling ash erases the stars in its path.
Photograph by Sergio Tapiro Velasco
From https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/mexico/2017-travel-photographer-of-the-year-colima-volcano/
Meet Our 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year
Sergio Tapiro has been photographing volcanoes for 15 years, but this was a "once-in-a-lifetime" shot.
By Gulnaz Khan
Photographs by Sergio Tapiro
On a cold December night in 2015, Sergio Tapiro dragged his sleeping bag, camera, and tripod outside and lay underneath the cloudless expanse. Eight miles away, the molten sea beneath Mount Colima thundered to life.
By the time the first explosion pierced the air, Tapiro was already in motion, triggering a series of eight-second exposures on his camera as fire and rock were rapidly expelled from the Earth. When a massive lightning bolt splintered the ash cloud—the biggest Tapiro had ever seen—it was like a giant flash sent from the sky.
“This picture is a gift that nature has given to me,” Tapiro says. “When I saw the camera display I was shocked—I didn’t believe it.”
...
Sergio Tapiro has been photographing volcanoes for 15 years, but this was a "once-in-a-lifetime" shot.
By Gulnaz Khan
Photographs by Sergio Tapiro
On a cold December night in 2015, Sergio Tapiro dragged his sleeping bag, camera, and tripod outside and lay underneath the cloudless expanse. Eight miles away, the molten sea beneath Mount Colima thundered to life.
By the time the first explosion pierced the air, Tapiro was already in motion, triggering a series of eight-second exposures on his camera as fire and rock were rapidly expelled from the Earth. When a massive lightning bolt splintered the ash cloud—the biggest Tapiro had ever seen—it was like a giant flash sent from the sky.
“This picture is a gift that nature has given to me,” Tapiro says. “When I saw the camera display I was shocked—I didn’t believe it.”
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