40 Stunning Photographs of Nature, Up Close and Personal
“Cast in Stone” by Mark James Ford
First Place, “Intimate Landscape”
A photo of melting lava shows a yellow and black ground with glowing red lava shown in a wiggling line, glowing below
Photo: Mark James Ford
Trekking across the baking lava of the Kalapana lava field in Hawaii, was an experience not to be forgotten. Incredible organic structures of black, blue, gold and bronze seemed to overwhelm the senses, but eventually the increasing presence of sulphur dioxide and other acidic gases, acted as a reminder that I was walking on an erupting volcano. I had just seconds to capture this image of a lava flow setting into the form it would retain for millions of years. The glass-like rock was still glowing below the surface, but soon enough a new lava flow started centimetres from my feet and I was forced to retreat.
First Place, “Intimate Landscape”
A photo of melting lava shows a yellow and black ground with glowing red lava shown in a wiggling line, glowing below
Photo: Mark James Ford
Trekking across the baking lava of the Kalapana lava field in Hawaii, was an experience not to be forgotten. Incredible organic structures of black, blue, gold and bronze seemed to overwhelm the senses, but eventually the increasing presence of sulphur dioxide and other acidic gases, acted as a reminder that I was walking on an erupting volcano. I had just seconds to capture this image of a lava flow setting into the form it would retain for millions of years. The glass-like rock was still glowing below the surface, but soon enough a new lava flow started centimetres from my feet and I was forced to retreat.
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15 July 2022
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