Alberto Garcia’s Photo Named among Greatest Shot of All Time

The picture actually captured when a driver of a pick-up truck desperately tries to overrun a cloud of ash spewing from the volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. This picture has been selected as one of 38 emotion packed pictures of all time by an American online publication. The article titled “32 Heart-Stopping Moments You Can Only Experience Thanks To A Camera” 

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It was the latest accolade for photographer Alberto Garcia, who recalls the photo. I am happy and grateful, because at least over 22 years, they still remember how I captured the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. Even though the eruption happened those several years ago, and I feels like it happened yesterday, and his capture of the occasion is still vivid in his mind. When I took the photograph, my heart didn’t stop, it beat so fast and my body was even shaking. During the massive eruption, I was about 20 to 30 KM away from the mouth of the volcano, and abruptly was being pursued by tons of hot ash. So everyone jumped into our vehicles and I was trying to put on my gas masked when I saw a blue pick-up ahead of that beautiful wall of gray. 

I opened the door and tried shooting the picture with my 50mm lens but it was too tight, so I decided to change the lens and used the 24mm instead and made sure my setting was correct and shot eight frames. When I took the pictures, I was praying hard that I got the right shot; I knew very well, that we might die and before I die, I was hunted to tell a story using my camera. He said; they finally outran the hot ash, and though I had only eight shots, I rewound the whole roll of film, keeping it safe in my pocket. He spent several days documenting the aftermath of the major eruption before going back to Manila, then he called a friend to process the film.

I went straightforward to the airport international cargo and transported the negatives to Time Magazine office in New York. In the following week, the Mt. Pinatubo picture ran in a two-page Time Magazine spread. Time, Newsweek, and Asia-week all included the photo in the 1991 great images of the year. In 1992, the image won first place in the nature and environment category in the World Press Photo competition held in Amsterdam. Till date Garcia is the only Filipino photographer to have won the World Press photo competition. Whereas; in year 2001 the National Geographic Magazine published a book called “100 Best Pictures, which included Garcia’s Mt. Pinatubo photograph.Source: Charismatic Planet

Frozen Niagara Falls

A partially frozen Niagara Falls is seen on the American side during sub freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario, March 3, 2014.

Frozen Niagara Falls

A partially frozen Niagara Falls is seen on the American side during sub-freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

As the glorious sun opens up a beautiful today on our amazing planet, with its brilliance

As the glorious sun opens up a beautiful today on our amazing planet, with its brilliance.

Stunning Beauty of Shandur Pakistan

Shandur Top (el. 12,200 feet (3,700 m)) located in Chitral Pakistan and is often called the 'Roof of the World'. Shandur top is flat, a plateau and can be reached somewhere in the months of late April and early November. The area is crossed by small streams of waters during summer that looks plentiful. There is polo match festival played on Shandur Top between the home teams of Chitral and guest teams from other regions. Shandur Pass is one of the major mountain passes between Chital and Gilgit-Baltistan. Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional polo tournament which since 1936 has been held annually.

 

 

Volcanoes in Java Indonesia

Volcanoes in Java Indonesia particularly in java and Sumatra the forming process of volcano is a result of crust crash of Indian Ocean and crust of Asia continent. The java Indonesia volcano in the south part of Indonesia formed as an encounter or crash of Australian and Eurasian plates. The volcanoes in the north side of java, formed as a result of crash between Pacific and Eurasian plates. This gigantic plate keeps moving all the time. Each crash or tow, affect to the volcanic activity sideways this plate’s line. Regularly, the tectonic earthquake that resulted from the moving of plates causes volcanic earthquake inside the earth. It can be merely explained that the friction between high-heated stones, can trigger the escalating of liquid energy inside the earth, in the form of gas, magma, and steam. This intensifying energy that now called the volcano activity. Like in Geographical condition of java, Java Island is basically completely of volcanic origin; it comprises 33 active volcanoes, and numerous active volcanoes in Java Island. Each of them keeps both sad and wonderful story at once.

World's Most Active Volcanoes

Mount Etna on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, close to Messina and Catania. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and is in an almost constant state of activity.

Birds Seems a Flower When He's Diving To Pick Food

Photographer take the super picture of a bird, when he's diving to pick the food. What a great moment to have the perfect picture.

The Profusion Beauty of Winter Landscape

The world never ceases to awe and motivate us with its profusion of beauty. From frozen waterfalls you can climb to lakes with turquoise-colored ice jutting out of them, the natural wonders of our winter world are created out of imperfections so fabulous they seem otherworldly. We have rounded up a few of the most remarkable winter landscapes whose loveliness translates through its imperfections.

Great Images of Fish Tornado

Octavio Aburto a California based Photographer had been in attempt to capture fish tornado from several years. Finally he’s able to capture Thousands of fish forming a ball during the reproduction courtship. In the later half of day, these fish congregate to form a large spawning aggregation around the reefs of the National Park.