{"id":118,"date":"2007-09-18T23:55:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2007\/09\/18\/one-more-incredible-photo-of-tungurahua-volcano\/"},"modified":"2007-09-18T23:56:04","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T20:56:04","slug":"one-more-incredible-photo-of-tungurahua-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2007\/09\/18\/one-more-incredible-photo-of-tungurahua-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"One more incredible photo of Tungurahua volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I saw an incredible photo<\/a><\/strong> by the photographer Patrick Taschler and wrote a few words on the subject.<\/p>\n

Imagine my surprise, when a few minutes ago I received a comment \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440<\/a> (in the Bulgarian version of my blog)<\/em> from the author himself:)))<\/p>\n

In his comment, Patrick gave me a link to another photo of the same volcano.<\/p>\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n

\"Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n

The short explanatory text below is also worth reading:<\/p>\n

I decided to head for Ecuador, driven by my love of mountains and an insatiable urge to travel. I got more than I bargained for when I arrived, because I discovered that the Tungurahua volcano, located around 80 miles south of the country\u2019s capital Quito, was about to erupt and was spewing dense smoke and lava. I approached it from the west, which was said to be the good weather side, since the clouds generally roll in from the east amazonas.<\/p>\n

The road I was on ended at Puela, a little town at the western slopes of the volcano. Night fell and the clouds dissipated and I found myself staying up all night to observe and to take pictures. I\u2019m quite a fan of astronomy and so I realised that the star cluster M45 (pleiades) was about to appear in the night sky on this moonless night, and that it would emerge more or less behind the crater.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly what happened, I took my picture using a Canon D20 and 70-200mm combination, with an exposure time of around 20 seconds. It was a difficult shot to take, thanks to the humidity and the fact that ash was falling fairly liberally around me: my camera is now worth half its price!<\/p>\n

The next morning I started my walk along the flanks of the volcano to reach Banos: there had been a road, but much of it had been destroyed by lava flows. The villages I passed were semi-deserted and the vegetation was covered with ash: all the time what really scared me about the volcano was that it was so quiet… no explosions, and my fear was that something was building up. Time, I told myself, to get out of here!<\/p>\n

The following night the villages of Bilbao and Penipe suffered heavy damage and those of Chilibu, Chogloctuz and Palitagua got wiped out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An interesting story. Now, after I’ve read it, I look with a bit different eye on the two photos from that volcano… :-)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

It’s amazing, how technology now allows us in a completely different way to communicate, and to meet (in a direct or in-direct way), with people from the other side of the world:)<\/p>\n

A popular slogan by Nokia should be (instead of: “Nokia. Connecting People.”)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Internet. Connecting people(tm)<\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or how could I learn then about Patrick Taschler? :-)<\/p>\n

PS Here’s Patrick Taschler’s portfolio (in a bit strange for me Flash format): www.patricktaschler.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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