This event occurred in Manilla sometime in the 1970’s, I do not remember exactly when, my Father took this Photo as it was happening…
If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good? Cardinal Richelieu (1585 –1642) Our personal space seems to require considerably more real estate when in wide open areas or places that we don’t expect to find other people. Another couple, tourists by the look of them, pitched their tent with a clear view of the iconic mountain, a colossal cone made by someone or something in search of true perfection. It didn’t bother me though. A mutual wave of hand exchanged the intense common feeling, only possible between souls who passionately share a love for the same thing. Seaspray found its way into the car and mixed with the mellow music into a mind thawing brew. Only a few olives away from completing an award winning sandwich, something made me look over my left shoulder. The way a scratch on vinyl does it to a beautiful melody, the scene ripped a sore through the self induced nirvana. Oh, the vision I had, that little hallucination of mine. It was a cloud in the shape of a giant tsunami, a half mountain high about to splash into it and turn the whole world, myself, my drinks, a loaf of exotic bread, cold meats and half finished sudoku, into a big featureless swamp. I learnt later, the entire incident was the result of an ancient curse of Bacchus, invoked without exception upon any soul who dares to consume fine wine from a plastic cup. Don’t do it.
Mount Fuji, Japan – Sunrise on the summit
Hikers watching the sunrise atop mount Fuji, Japan.
The Arenal Volcano
View of the Arenal volcano in Costa Rica
View of the Arenal volcano in Costa Rica
This active volcano can be seen from the back side of the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica
This active volcano can be seen from the back side of the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica
Surroundings of the Irazu volcano crater in Costa Rica
Sunset Over Kronotsky - / 16 X 20 Acrylic on canvas board. Kronotsky is a major stratovolcano of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Stacked lenticular clouds at sunset. The volcano last erupted in 1923 and is one of the worlds’s most perfectly cone-shaped peaks.
Snow-capped Teide volcano showered in golden light during sunrise. Tenerife, Canary Islands
Ala hea ka la ~ Haleakala ~ The Sacred House of the Sun Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. / Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. Gazing into the mouth of the volcano. Imagine many of the cinder cones and spouts you are seeing are over 600 feet high, and that is not steam as Haleakala is sleeping, dormant in perceived inactivity since 1792, but clouds as I am standing at the summit at 10,023 feet above sea level. You may notice the tiny roads used by scientists to study the protected region within the volcano. Haleakala is a shield volcano. Built up from the ocean floor by countless eruptions, it was once a mountain that rose several thousand feet higher than today’s elevation. On the right between the peaks you will notice Kaupo Gap. Haleakala dominates the east side of the Valley Isle and is sacred to the Hawaiian people. The mountain’s face is a mighty wall looming over the valley. Haleakala’s width spans 20 miles, ocean-to-ocean, splitting Maui in two. The depression at the top of Haleakala is not actually a volcanic crater, but an erosional valley. During a period of inactivity, erosion became the dominant force. Wind, ice and water carved the top of Haleakala, which may have been more than 5,000 feet higher than the summit is today. After the valley was created, Haleakala entered a “renewed volcanism” period. This renewed volcanic activity partially filled the valley with lava flows and small hills called cinder cones. True craters exist at the tops of some of the cinder cones. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shutter Speed 1/400 Aperture 13 ISO 400 Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. / Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. No portion of this site or my photography may be reproduced by printing, uploading, copying, publishing, photocopying or any other means of mechanical or electronic reproduction without my express written permission. For reproduction permission and inquiries on licensing for use and/or publishing of my images, please contact me. Mahalo!
Snow all over Teide and las cañadas with evidence of the last forest fire to be seen. Unique moment!
snow on Teide, Tenerife in black & white
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Ariel Volcano is in north Costa Rica, this is the national park, with hot water river and all the lush tropical plants.
Dormant volcano in Westman Islands, picture taken from a volcano that erupted in 1973 and buried half the town in lava.
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