NICHOLAS FANTINI, The beauty and power of volcanoes (Landscape 2017)

I was always amazed by the beauty of landscapes shaped by powerful volcanoes. For several years I have been photographing different volcanoes in South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Some of the shots were difficult to make, due to unpredictable weather conditions or necessity of long and hard trekking with my photo equipment but I never gave up.

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