Peeking at Pele

 

She is moltenly awesome.

Apparently this was a good show, as the Jaggar Museum was CROWDED that night

and our friends (locals) said they'd NEVER seen so many people there at once.
I have never heard my camera's shutter stay open for SO LONG as I did that evening,
all the while fervently praying the people around me would NOT take a photo
with flash.

Photography etiquette 101: if it's a nighttime scene & a flash does not help,
& in fact impedes the intended image,
either LEARN how to turn off your flash,
or STOP TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS and messing up other folks' shots.
Pretty please. Would be much appreciated. =)
This has been a public/photographic service announcement.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is a trippy place. Highly recommend.
Place to see the planet giving birth to land. Nice.

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Trust me...

these shots are worth looking at.

As if Eyjafjallajokull eruptions were insufficiently dramatic, you have to add lightning? I had no idea that was triggered by such events.

And talk about short, shaggy, built-for-cold horses. Fuzzy!

One of my favorite shots (as minimalist) is two cars driving down the road in a landscaped cloaked in ash.

Very, very cool.

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P.S. I remember when I lived near Mount Rainier, people not from the area (like friends, family) asked if where I lived, was there a risk of being affected by an eruption? Well, I said, the town's name is Ashford. As in I must ford the ashes to get to my car....

P.P.S. Thanks to O for this link. =)