r/interestingasfuck • u/elmar7oma • 13h ago

After 14 Years of Photographing This Volcano, He Finally Captured This Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment

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u/CuddleCoded 13h ago

Credit: Sergio Tapiro Velasco

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u/catholicsluts 13h ago

Thanks for doing what the lazy OP apparently couldn't

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u/TheMooseIsBlue 12h ago

Nah. “He” is fine.

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u/kyokushinthai 13h ago

I like the part where you credit the photographer

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u/nutschillin 13h ago

So who took this picture?

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u/elmar7oma 13h ago

Sergio Tapiro Velasco

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u/HobbyProjectHunter 13h ago

Post it in the title. Don’t be lazy.

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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 13h ago

His curious toddler while the photographer was fumbling in the menu settings.

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u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 11h ago

Here is a much higher-quality version of this image. Here is the source of this image. Sergio Tapiro Velasco took this on December 13, 2015 and provided the following caption:

Colima Volcano in Mexico, powerful explosion and lightning

Not a composite! One of the most amazing things that I have seen in my entire life. A powerful explosion of Colima Volcano in western Mexico and a big lightning of above 1/2 mile lenght connecting the ash cloud and volcano surface. The light was so big that a part of the volcano looked bright. The lightning, like a big strobe in the sky even "freeze" the scene and the ash column in this 8 seconds shot.

December 13/2015 04:54 hrs UTC

Canon EOS 6D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

195mm/ƒ/2.8/8s/ISO 3200

More of their work can be found here.

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u/Sirro5 13h ago

Im so happy for He

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u/morrow_worrow 13h ago

Can be an album cover lol

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u/J0n__Snow 13h ago

The photographer is Sergio Tapiro,

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u/no_f-s_given 13h ago

hey bot, why don't you credit the photographer?

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u/_Viva_La_Revolucion_ 9h ago

Because reddit is all bots

Be-boop

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u/jonathan__34 13h ago

A patientasfuck photographer

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u/untakentakenusername 13h ago

i would feel electrifying capturing that

https://giphy.com/gifs/SQ6w8DdTkpZt53NPqY

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u/AlexSupertramper85 13h ago

And in this wonderful timeline we live in, half the people seeing this picture will ask if it's AI.

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u/Lopsided_Prior3801 1h ago

Honestly, my first thought was that the low-res version looks more like a video game than AI.

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u/KeyLet9573 13h ago

Holy smokes!

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u/Deadzombii 13h ago

Destruction yet so beautiful

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u/JohnnyCanuckist 13h ago

Colima.... I think his pyroclastic flow pix are just as great.

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u/InternetHolon 13h ago

Biiiiiiiiiig zappies!!

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u/AwkwardSpread 13h ago

How does he know it's once in his lifetime?

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u/Louisiana_Bob 12h ago

He is no longer with us after taking this photo

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u/HairAncient5500 13h ago

I love volcano lighting

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u/thecrazyspecialone 13h ago

Unbelievable!

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u/PizzaWithCheddar 13h ago

Wait why do volcanic eruptions have lightning

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u/Subject-Building1892 13h ago

There is no way to be able to have from a single shot a single lightning, that crisp clouds of ash, and the stars.

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u/Akirosh80 13h ago

Taps two blue Nope.

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u/lesimgurian 12h ago

How many pictures did you assemble here?

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u/Trainzzo 12h ago

Très très belle image, bravo 👏

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u/Phaeron 12h ago

Legendary… I’d punch a grandma to be able to say (and take the PTO needed) I took this photo…

https://giphy.com/gifs/fWfowxJtHySJ0SGCgN

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u/Berxo-Ostia 11h ago

i can't believe how it looks , i'm legit mindblown

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u/Cultural-Cap-2518 11h ago

what volcano is this

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u/Djinn__666 11h ago

14 years and most people will suspect it to be AI 😂

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u/Theodorus75 9h ago

Wow like Mordor, awesome!

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u/DatsLikeMyOpinionMan 4h ago

God. What an amazing image to capture. Happy for the photographer’s happiness they must have felt

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u/Pure-Photograph6209 13h ago

AI. Lol.

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u/Edb_vapegirl69 12h ago

Not AI bro. Do your research