Description
Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of Fire and Volcanos, erupts from the Kilauea Crater on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Milky Way hangs above her fiery soul. This metal print features 1/2″ float from the wall with ready-to-go mounted hangers. With a semi-gloss finish that brings the stars to life, it’s a gorgeous stand-alone print for your wall. Or it can be framed, contact me for special orders.
The story of this photograph:
Dazzling on its own or pair it with a frame (contact me for special orders). Sits 1/2′ off the wall with float mount hanger, ready for hanging right out of the box. Your print will be shipped directly to you.
About the photograph:
🌋While viewing the active volcano eruption at Kilauea Crater in Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawai’i, we were awed by the sight. Surrounded by a crowd of people, I poked my head and camera up when I could to capture the fireworks. As the sun set, the lava became its own fireworks show, lighting up the night sky in celebration of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of Fire and Volcanos.
I wondered what the Milky Way would look like over an active volcano and we woke at 2:30am to get back to the park and hike to the lava overlook. We had a brief moment alone standing in front of the spewing earth in awe. You could hear the roaring of the lava, which sounded like a deep ocean stirring from the earth’s soul. It was magical.
I then got to work setting up my camera on a tripod with my 14mm lens for some long exposure shots. What resulted is one of my favorite images to date and memories of such a surreal slice of time with Kilauea.🌋
Peter –
I got the 20×30 for my office at a prominent observatory. I like the way my eye explores the scene – attracted first to the mushroom-shaped cloud in the middle, then the incandescent fumeroles in the lower right, then tracking across the illuminated wall of the crater, and up to the Milky Way. I also like that it is a genuine, single-exposure photograph, created by a hard-working photographer in the night, not in Photoshop as a composite image. This image was included in a photography contest hosted by the International Dark Sky Association in 2022.
Alicia –
Thank you for the kind review Peter!