Photographer Gets So Close to Lava That His Shoes and Tripod Melt

[n2doc]

Some photographers enjoy chasing storms; Miles Morgan enjoys “chasing” volcanos. The Hawaiian landscape photographer has spent years risking life and limb to capture beautiful photographs of molten lava.

The 41-year-old Hawaiian landscape photographer first cut his teeth in landscape photography back in 2009. His father Hank is a successful photojournalist, so there was no shortage of cameras in the family. After some experimentation, Morgan was hooked.

Soon, his hobby began to include photographing volcanos and lava flows from up close.

For one photograph, Morgan decided to take a self-portrait showing himself standing just feet away from the crater of Kilaeua volcano in Hawaii–without any protective gear. He set his camera’s self-timer and then got as close as he could to the “unbelievably hot” lava. This is the photo that resulted:



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Read more at http://petapixel.com/2013/05/10/photographer-gets-so-close-to-lava-that-his-shoes-and-tripod-melt/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow! Those are truly stunning.

I'm really grateful to him for these...

Be careful!

[n2doc]

2. I think someone's going to end up getting hurt/killed doing this

I posted some pics of a group of kayakers who also went right up to the lava. These people are crazy, and do not understand how dangerous this all is. I fear that someone is going to step in the wrong spot and get fried. But I hope it doesn't happen!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. A less experienced person could certainly get killed.

I hope that photographer will be careful. And of course, I don't want to see anyone die doing these amazing shots, or anything else.

[Fumesucker]

5. People get killed in cars every day and very few people think about getting in a car

I've come pretty close to being killed in a car before, sliding upside down on the interstate at 60 mph after a flip.

The familiar just doesn't bother us much even if it can be deadly.

[Tx4obama]

4. There were 'five killed and seven injured' climbing on a volcano the other day, see below

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014476513