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View of the plume from an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific on 15 January 2022 from the Japanese Himawari 8 weather satellite. The eruption caused a tsunami.
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This tree caught my eye as its new leaves were catching the sun brightly against the charred background. The tree beside it has shed its bark and just started new red leaf growth. Trees recovering at different speeds after bush fires.
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This lovely lady wants you to buy a portable generator for your favorite Father's Day recipient. She is greeting passing traffic from outside the Upland California Prep & Save store.
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The undressing of the mountain and the earth laid bare by fire exposing its wrinkled surface temporarily before regeneration and renewal. Blue Mountains, Australia
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.
Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around.
It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.
UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - is helping millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.
Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
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This photo was taken while waiting for our plane that'll bring me to Iloilo. The flight was supposed to be at 4:30am but was delayed due to some technical problems with our original plane. We were asked to transfer to another plane after the pilot and technicians confirmed that it will take time to fix the first plane's faulty mechanism.
If my memory serves me right, this shot was taken before 6 in the morning while it was raining outside and some dark clouds are coming into view forecasting the catastrophe that will fall on this city about 2 weeks later.
Shot through a glass wall of a cafe. Clone stamped away the reflections and did some DRI.
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View of the plume from an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific on 15 January 2022 from the Japanese Himawari 8 weather satellite. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Volcán de Fuego, (leftmost peak ejecting debris) at 3763 meters (12,346 feet) is the highest active volcano in Guatemala and is part of the group of volcanoes (Fuego, Acatenango [the two peaks to the left in this image], Pacaya, and Agua) that surround the city of Antigua. Fuego is also called Chigag which, in the Mayan dialect Cakchiquel, means "where the fire is." Fuego is considered one of the world's most active volcanoes, with more than 60 historic eruptions over the course of 500 recorded years, some with extensive and expansive damage to life and limb.
Although this and other volcanoes in the immediate area can be scaled, Fuego Volcano poses the largest threat and challenge because its sides are often covered by hot debris and lava.
On the day of my most recent departure from La Antigua, this is what greeted me. Or, shall we say it was a salute or a sadistic adiós?
y, en castellano -
El volcán de Fuego, es uno de los más impresionantes por sus erupciones que se han registrado desde 1524 hasta 1974. Las cenizas han llegado hasta El Salvador y Honduras.
Este volcán está ubicado entre dos departamentos, en el municipio de Alotenango, Sacatepéquez y parte de Chimaltenango. La altura de este macizo ha variado debido a sus erupciones. Actualmente posee una altura de 3,763 metros.
Su nombre en idioma kaqchikel es Chi Gag que quiere decir "donde está el fuego". El volcán de Fuego es hermano gemelo del volcán de Acatenango por su cercanía. La unión entre estos 2 volcanes se llama "Horqueta" y tiene una altura de 3,300 metros.
Esta horqueta tiene un drenaje especial llamado "Barranca Honda" por donde saca la lava.
El volcán de Fuego, es uno de los más impresionantes por sus erupciones que se han registrado desde 1524 hasta 1974. Las cenizas han llegado hasta El Salvador y Honduras. Además, en las cercanías se escuchan los retumbos y temblores. Estas erupciones continuas a lo largo de cuatrocientos años ha motivado su estudio por el personal técnico del Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología - INSIVUMEH -.
Este es el volcán más difícil de subir debido a que está cubierto de lava fría.
En el día de mi más reciente salida de La Antigua, esto es lo que me saludó. O bien, vamos a decir que fue un saludo o un sádico adiós. ¿Quién sabe?
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I recently acquired some rather special vintage photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - including this 6.25" x 8.25" contact print. Simply inscribed "City Hall" on the back.
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This is the last of some rather special vintage photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that I recently acquired: a 6.75" x 7.5" contact print. Inscribed "Divisidero St. near Golden Gate" on the back. No attribution. I believe this photo shows a dramatic subsequent collapse after the quake - not during the quake. You can see people on the bottom left sprinting to safety as the steeple succumbs.
View LARGE - Naviti Resort, Fiji
Cyclones around Fiji caused more than usual rainfall resulting in major floods around Suva and Sigatoka. Apparently the worse on record. This was the reason why we got stuck as the only road to the airport was under 5 feet of water. It caused kaos for the tourists but heart ache for the locals as their houses, businesses and belongings were lost or damaged. Very sad thing!!!
Tried something different here:
- Choose ISO 800 to obtain some grainy looking/dramatic clouds.
- White Balance set to "Shade". Hence, the orange/warm tones in the clouds.
- Took 5 hand held bracketed exposures but decided NOT to use HDR. I wanted a very natural look for the foreground, which I think I achieved!?!
Overall I am pretty happy/pleased with this shot and the more I look at it, the more it grows on me. Definitely one of my own favorite. What do you think???
Hope that you all have a nice week-end and don't party too hard :)
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A tree fern flourishes after bush fires in Australia. Burnt trees sprout new growth and small grasses emerge from ashen grounds. This is a steep slope at a cliff face
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A mother with her child sits amid the remains of her home in the cyclone affected area of Anwara upazila, in Chittagong. The 1991 cyclone was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones on record that struck Bangladesh in the southeastern district of Chittagong on the night of 29th April with winds around 250 kilometers per hour. There was a 6-meter storm surge over a wide area, killing at least 138, 000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless. Chittagong, Bangladesh. 1991.
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.
Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around.
It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.
UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - is helping millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.
Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
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