Occasionally you time something with unknown precision and luck.
Photographer Gunarto Song was taking photos of Mount Merapi, a very active volcano in Indonesia, when something amazing happened.
He witnessed meteors streaking across the sky. And with his camera trained on the volcano, captured in long exposure, a beautifully lit meteor flying directly toward the mouth of Mount Merapi.
While the streaking meteor most likely descended behind the massive volcano, the perspective shows it flying right into the center of it. Like some type of alien science fiction. ☄️ 🌋
The beautifully timed photo is similar to this experience back in 2016 on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The long exposure captured this stunning shot of a meteor streaking directly toward the mouth of the active volcano.
Mount Merapi is a highly active stratovolcano in Indonesia, and has been erupting regularly since 1548.
With the right timing and perspective, Song captured this stunning image. The photograph had about a 4 second long exposure, which shows the meteor’s streaking tail.
Images © Copyright Gunarto Song.
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5 Comments
Completely!
Literally a one in a Googly – gazillion chance! Amazing! 👍
Meteors, when visible in the sky as they burn up, are not glowing by the time they hit the ground. They burn when they first hit the atmosphere at 25,000+ MPH and quit glowing as they slow down nearer the surface. Armed with this knowledge, the astute observer would know this meteor did NOT fall into the throat of the volcano. Any old Joe should know that.
What unusual capture and lucky capture for sure. Lucky photographer.
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