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Forces Collide
In a show of force by Mother Nature the lava bench created from the lava ocean entry collapsed on the last day of 2016. Just a few weeks prior I made my visit to the 61g ocean entry lava flow under the guidance of Lava Light. After dueling tough conditions and getting the gist of shooting lava the first day I was far more prepared for day 2 of action.
The night before, Nick prayed for us to have surface lava flow on the bench. His prayers came true as two small rivers of lava flowed on the bench surface pouring into the ocean. When twilight approached the rivers suddenly expanded and became one large river gushing with lava. In a mere matter of minutes the conditions totally changed and we were witnessing small lake of lava plunging into the ocean. To make conditions even better about a half dozen water spouts came and went during the morning. I was fortunately in position to capture this water spout positioned right between the two entry plumes. By this time much of the large river had crusted over leaving only two smaller surface flows exposed. Nonetheless, Aaron, Zach, and I had a blast (no pun intended) out at the ocean entry this morning.
Sony α7r II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II
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Forces Collide
In a show of force by Mother Nature the lava bench created from the lava ocean entry collapsed on the last day of 2016. Just a few weeks prior I made my visit to the 61g ocean entry lava flow under the guidance of Lava Light. After dueling tough conditions and getting the gist of shooting lava the first day I was far more prepared for day 2 of action.
The night before, Nick prayed for us to have surface lava flow on the bench. His prayers came true as two small rivers of lava flowed on the bench surface pouring into the ocean. When twilight approached the rivers suddenly expanded and became one large river gushing with lava. In a mere matter of minutes the conditions totally changed and we were witnessing small lake of lava plunging into the ocean. To make conditions even better about a half dozen water spouts came and went during the morning. I was fortunately in position to capture this water spout positioned right between the two entry plumes. By this time much of the large river had crusted over leaving only two smaller surface flows exposed. Nonetheless, Aaron, Zach, and I had a blast (no pun intended) out at the ocean entry this morning.
Sony α7r II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II
Website | Facebook | 500px | Instagram