How about aurora borealis and erupting volcano happening together? Can you imagine the flood of northern lights covers the sky behind the ablaze volcano? Well, now we don’t have to just imagine, we can see a real incident through Christopher Mathew’s portraits.
Mathews, who bring us these
incredible photos, is a former legal professional living in Iceland for years and
enjoys photography. Iceland have magical landscaping, and also many volcanos
too. This country even dubbed as “Land of ice and fire” because of this.
Geldingadalur volcano, which
created this magical event is also one of them, located in Peninsula nearby
famous Blue Lagoon. Just as it got to know that Geldingadalur volcano is ready
to erupt, Mathews also gets ready to capture the scenery. Actually, He was
waiting to seize the moment since early 2020 by keeping eye on volcano
monitoring system.
Eventually,in the beginning of March,2021 it defected that magma coming up towards the earth. So, it was clear that volcano would blow at any moment in the near future. ““I started wandering the area in advance. I wanted to be more familiar with the location as I was eager to get some good shots. And I found even some back roads to reach the location, in case main road covers by lava.” He says.
Main road was blocked as he
guessed but not with lava but with authorities because they went in to evaluate
the harm. However, as all photographers let into the location in the first
night of lava glows, he headed to the blue lagoon to capture the reflecting
lights of the volcanic outburst in the water.
Then he waited for the
perfect weather to shot erupting lava with the enchanting background of
northern light, in a nearby rented cottage.But things didn’t work so easily as
he thought. “An unexpected snowstorm came covering the whole sky and the magma
and I was about to give up. But still the luck seems in my side and eventually storm
clouds started to fade away, giving me rays of hope. I hurried towards the edge
of the farm where the perfect place to shot. Just as I got there, aurora
flashed through the high atmosphere winking that it’s the moment! And I shot
few snaps while green shades of aurora elaborating the background of the fiery
volcano. Surprisingly, it was the midnight of 24thMarch which is Mathews
b’day. And it’spretty sure it must be an unbelievable birthday gift for him!
Scroll down to see the magical moments of the land of ice and fire.
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