I'll Stick With Telephoto

[CNelson]

This is a link that should be of interest to photographers. I hope it's permissible to provide this here. It's some incredible photographs of a lava lake at the bottom of a crater. The photographs were taken at great personal risk but are amazing.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._campaign=8315

Chuck

[jiro]

Unbelievable courage and commitment to science documenting the descent, Chuck. Thanks for sharing! Awesome!

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks Chuck,

Fascinating stuff - and you really don't appreciate the scale until you see shot 20

Cheers,

[Bill Yeung]

thanks.
Is thinking: is it something like what we described " the lake of fire" in the hell.
Great nature always reminds me to be humble.

[Donald]

A 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience seems to be the appropriate phrase. The excitement at being involved in that project must have been phenominal.

[Shadowman]

#9 looks doable physically or is it the angle of view that makes it look simple.
#10 if I need to wear a gas mask to sleep I'm not going.

Great images.

[rpcrowe]

Excellent National Geographic quality imagery! However as awesome as these images are; there is no way that I would venture into that inferno to capture them.

[mythlady]

Wow. That's all I can say.

[CNelson]

#9 looks doable physically or is it the angle of view that makes it look simple.
#10 if I need to wear a gas mask to sleep I'm not going.

Great images.

So you haven't eaten at a Mexican restaurant?

[CNelson]

I sent these to my brother who is not a photographer....his response was short, "Why in hell...."

[ChrisH]

Awesome and no mistake - thanks for posting this Chuck.

[Shadowman]

So you haven't eaten at a Mexican restaurant?

Good one!