Lava Meets the Sea
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Lava Meets the Sea
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
On May 18th the lava from the May 2018 eruption of Kilauea Volcano in the East Rift Zone reached the ocean. The flow was made of thick, tumbling 'a'a lava. This type of lava travels slowly; a slow moving, bulldozer-like type of lava that has the appearance of black cookie dough with bright red, hot spots. The surface cools and is rough black, but at its center, molten hot rock still moves foward with relentless force. As it reaches the ocean, thick clouds of steam and gases continuously roil from the water's surface to form shape-shifting clouds that run before the wind and wind in wisps that coil around the steaming lava. If you look closely, at the top of the image, you can see shimmering heat coming off the still molten hot lava (which is approximately 1400 degree farenheit). It is a riveting, spectacular sight to witness.
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May 31st, 2018
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Comments (17)
Ann Horn
Your capture of this scene is absolutely amazing, Heidi... though at the same time terrifying, I am sure. f/l
Heidi Fickinger replied:
Thank you Ann. It would be terrifying to be in the path of this relentess lava flow.
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 2, 2018)
David Griffith
You have really captured the essence of this scene as well as the essence of natural forces at work here . . . L
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's Open Week. You are invited to add this to the features archive discussion and in another discussion in ABC Group!
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