Photos 4, page 28
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Lava @ Royal Gardens continued
| February 28, 2008 |
| 6:21:40 PM On the left is the river we were looking at before. Now there's another flow coming down on the right. |
| 6:22:08 PM This is the lava river a little bit downhill from where I'm standing. I was sitting looking up Royal Ave. somewhere to the left of that plume of smoke in the background. |
| 6:24:03 PM No, it's not out of focus, it's heat waves! |
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| 6:37:36 PM |
| I headed back down (pink line) and stopped at "Shoes" to put my boots on for stumbling around in the dark. |
| 7:03:46 PM At "Shoes" |
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| I've moved back to the location marked "Sit" so I'm looking up at that flow down Royal Ave. |
| I'm playing with exposure times and shutter speeds here, trying to get the best exposure |
| <- On the tripod now |
| So there you have it. Quite an experience. Please forgive me for including seemingly identical images - I was excited! As I left, the wind was blowing hard at my back with the smell of things burning: of wood, and grass, and fire, and, yes, even brimstone. I was breathing smoke and fumes from the lava and ashes were whirling past me in the wind. It was like a scene from Apocalypse Now or Dante's Inferno. It was like a scene from hell... Incredible... |
| 6:13:25 PM Looking west down Orchid St. from Queen Ave. |
| 6:16:35 PM Looking down at the bottom of King Ave. This is what it looked like earlier, at 1:17. |
| 6:13:58 PM Did I mention that the clouds were really beautiful today? |
| 6:20:31 PM |
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| The light at this time of day is ideal for taking pictures of the lava. In full sunlight, you can't really get the full effect of the glow, while later all you get are orange blobs in a sea of black. |
| 5:36:24 PM |
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| Quicktime movie (42.2 Mb) Click image to load 5:31:40 PM |
| 5:47:19 PM I'd take a walk back up to the spot marked "Lava" before it got too dark (orange line). |
| 5:56:59 PM But when I got to the bottom of King Avenue it was blocked! This is what it looked like at 1:09 when I went up the first time |
| 6:02:07 PM So I had to go over to the next street, Queen Ave., I think. On the way, there was this beautiful formation... |
| 5:27:48 PM |
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