There is a lot of photography out there that presents around the spectacle of hot, colorful lava. This action represents the creation of land.
However, there is another aspect that I find integral to volcanic themes: the creation of life.
Some of the first forms of life that emerges from the barren lava landscape are plants, such as the ferns pictured above, with Halemaau erupting in the background.
I made this photograph along the Crater Rim Drive in Volcanoes National Park on a rainy, misty afternoon.
It reminds me of a primordial time on earth when things began to settle down after eons of vulcanism, before simple life forms appeared.
The big lava rock in the foreground was probably ejected from an explosion in the Halemaumau crater.
Because of this activity that began years ago, Crater Rim Drive is closed to the public.
This is a scene I found from walking around the waterfront. The colors were especially vibrant that year.
Have you ever took time to think that all living animals are unique? While there are many similarities between individuals every entity has they’re own footprint (with the exception of identical twins perhaps).
This old glacial morraine and river bed below Mt. Rainier has a population of rocks and boulders that exemplifies this concept.
One afternoon, not so long ago I spent some time exploring the gigantic park near Tacoma, Washington —Point Defiance.
It must have been in October and as I walked through the cool afternoon air I spotted this magnificant deciduous tree bathed in the backlight from the sun.
Interesting enough, the branches contained brilliant green colors, mold and mildew thanks to the rain saturated area tyoical of the Pacific Northwest this time of the year.
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