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“A photograph of an amateur volcanologist standing barefoot on the lava fields
of Vanuatu's Mount Yasur has won the Portraiture category of the Open
competition of this year's Sony World Photography Awards. Fine art and
documentary photographer Elle Leontiev captured the image of Philip, the
"barefoot volcanologist" on Tanna, a remote Pacific island approximately 120
miles (190 kilometers) from the main island of Efate.
"It was actually tough conditions on the day. The volcano was spewing a lot of
ash that day, a lot of sulfur," Leontiev told
Live Science. "It was really
hard just to breathe; I was struggling. It was really windy, and a lot of the
ash and sulfur was just being blown straight at us. We actually got off the
volcano because it was too dangerous to stay up there."”
Via Kenny Chaffin.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
