Crater
by Lucinda Walter
Title
Crater
Artist
Lucinda Walter
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art, Textured Photography
Description
Looking at a volcano in the Volcano National Park, Hilo, Hawaii.
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During a volcanic eruption, we are reminded that our planet is an ever-changing environment whose basic processes are beyond human control. As much as we have altered the face of the Earth to suit our needs, we can only stand in awe before the power of an eruption.
Volcanoes are also prodigious land builders - they have created the Hawaiian Island chain. Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world's most active volcanoes, are still adding to the island of Hawaiʻi. Mauna Loa is the most massive mountain on Earth occupying an estimated volume of 19,999 cubic miles. The current summit of Mauna Loa stands about 56,000 feet (17,000 m) above the depressed sea floor. This is more than 27,000 feet (8,230 m) higher than Mount Everest. In contrast to the explosive continental volcanoes, the more fluid and less gaseous eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa produce fiery fountains and rivers of molden lava. These flows, added layer upon layer, produced a barren volcanic landscape that served as a fountain for life. Hundreds of species of plants and animals found their way across the vast Pacific on wind, water, and the wings of birds. A few survived, adapted, and prospered during this time of isolation. The arrival of humans - first Polynesians, then Europeans - and the plants and animals they brought with them drastically altered this evolutionary showcase, this grand natural experiment.
http://www.nps.gov/havo/naturescience/volcanoes-are-monuments.htm
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December 21st, 2014
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Comments (6)
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Svetlana Nilova for the feature in the group The World We See 2/5/2015 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Dona, thank you very much. Hawaii is so beautiful! Loved our time there. Thanks again!
France Art
Ahh Lucinda... So glad you were able to travel to these beautiful islands! A photographers Paradise! The description of their creation by James Michener in the first chapter of his book HAWAII inspires all readers to make the long journey if they can. Maybe you've read it? I'd love to have you visit my Hawaiian gallery @ FAA Dona Dugay sometime.. & I hope to see more of your Island works! Bravo! F & L Dona :0) Aloha!