This week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge prompt from Frank is “Rise“.
On September 17, 2017, Wednesday early morning, I and my eldest son got up and drove from our rented house near Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park to Kilauea volcano to see the sun rise. My wife and other two kids decided to give it a pass as they were tired from the drive from Kona and the day long activities and sightseeing of the day before. As it turned out, we were deprived of enjoying the sunrise due to the heavy fog created by rising steam from numerous steam vents. As the saying goes that “when one door closes, another opens”, nature did not deprive us of its bounty. We were rewarded with another rise, lava and steam rising from Kilauea cauldron. We had been there the night before but it was not as spectacular. As Kilauea volcano is in the news currently, erupting and damaging a huge area and several homes, I thought this would be an appropriate post for this week’s photo challenge prompt.
Awesome that you were able to see this!!!
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I feel blessed and sad at the same time.
On the other hand, land is still being created in the island of Hawai’i from lava streaming into the sea and solidifying to rocks. Amazing site.
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I’m jealous…
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Don’t be. It was my first trip after being in the US for thirty two years. Incidentally my first trip to UK was also in 2017 ( March). May be the god of travel smiled on me last year as I went to Canada and India also. Who knows what next?
I count every day as a blessing.
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That is the way to be actually!!!! Love it!
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A beautiful image Pranab, what an amazing experience! ☺
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Thank you. It was amazing. Saddened though because of the recent devastation. That’s how nature works though, creation through destruction.
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