This mornings warm up inspired by these crazy photos
Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World
In June 2010, a team
of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava
lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the
Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on
the shores of the world's largest lava lake. Members of the team had
been dazzled since childhood by the images of the 1960 documentary "The
Devil's Blast" by Haroun Tazieff, who was the first to reveal to the
public the glowing red breakers crashing at the bottom of Nyiragongo
crater. Photographer Olivier Grunewald was within a meter of the lake
itself, giving us a unique glimpse of it's molten matter. (The Big
Picture featured Olivier Grunewald's arresting images of sulfur mining
in Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, in a December 2010 post.)
1 comment:
Great drawing. I love your wiggly collumns. Amazing ref materials.
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