Germany-based photographer Martin Rietze
gets himself into life-threatening situations to make some amazing
shots of volcano eruptions with lighting. Surrounded by poisonous gas
and bubbling lava, he photographed the Sakurajima volcano in Japan, and
NASA chose his shot as the Astronomy Picture of the Day for March 11, 2013. The winning shot was taken in January.
Even though lightnings occur every 40 seconds somewhere around the world, even NASA is not entirely sure what causes lightning when the volcano erupts:
“One hypothesis holds that
catapulting magma bubbles or volcanic ash are themselves electrically
charged, and by their motion create these separated areas. Other
volcanic lightning episodes may be facilitated by charge-inducing
collisions in volcanic dust.”
Even if you’re not much into physics, you’ll enjoy these amazing volcano lightning shots!
Website: mrietze.com (via)
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