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Fissure 8 cone and channelised lava flow shot from a fixed wing plane at 3000 feet at twilight. While shooting the 2018 Kilauea eruption over 2 months. ...
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Fissure 8 cone and channelised lava flow shot from a fixed wing plane at 3000 feet at twilight. While shooting the 2018 Kilauea eruption over 2 months.
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NIKON D850

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 700/10

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Sep, 2018

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I love this!

Wow! An amazing shot!

Absolutely amazing!!

Amazing shot indeed

Awesome ! It looks as if you're standing in the lava.Nice work.

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Colossal! What a bold shot!

this is beautiful!

Wonderful photo

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Già! YeS! 🔥💞🔥!!

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Powerful shot. Nature in control.

Someone asked how I took this but I accidentally deleted the question. I was in a light aircraft flying over the lava flow. It was so hot you could feel the heat radiating even from inside the plane!

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