Nature: Landscapes (PROFESSIONAL) - HONORABLE MENTION
Masaya's Messiah
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Before I tell you the story I’ve just got to say a quick THANK YOU to Jaime, for making this trip happen. Ok…here’s the story. Apparently the word Masaya means ‘the place just over there’. Amazingly it’s pronounced “Messiah.”
There are two massive calderas that sit side by side and with a gas mask you can even go down and walk along the edge of the crater – if you really wanted to; but I wouldn’t recommend it because the noxious fumes can kill you, literally.
When this volcano erupts, it fills the two calderas to the brim and then run over the edge of the crater, and from what I was told it’s truly a remarkable thing to witness.
But it does give legitimacy to why there’s a cross on the top of that hill!
Renowned for the vibrant colors and rich textures of his wilderness landscape photography, Rodney is a purist who captures what nature creates, using no color filters or darkroom deception. The world today is a remarkable place full of beauty and splendor,” Rodney exclaims. “To witness the simple grandeur of creation, the miracle of nature, is perhaps all that we need. The peace received while viewing a leaf turned color at the height of fall is immense and divine."
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Before I tell you the story I’ve just got to say a quick THANK YOU to Jaime, for making this trip happen. Ok…here’s the story. Apparently the word Masaya means ‘the place just over there’. Amazingly it’s pronounced “Messiah.”
There are two massive calderas that sit side by side and with a gas mask you can even go down and walk along the edge of the crater – if you really wanted to; but I wouldn’t recommend it because the noxious fumes can kill you, literally.
When this volcano erupts, it fills the two calderas to the brim and then run over the edge of the crater, and from what I was told it’s truly a remarkable thing to witness.
But it does give legitimacy to why there’s a cross on the top of that hill!
About author:
Rodney has been traveling to the ends of the earth and weathered all types of climate, in a quest to find nature’s most exquisite terrains to photograph. Equipped with his Dodge 4x4 turbo biodiesel truck, Lance camper, 26’ Custom Jet Boat, camera and tripod – Rodney is determined to obtain that perfect image of Mother Nature at her best. From the sweltering dry deserts of the American Southwest, to the rainforests in the Pacific Northwest, from waist-deep snowfields of the great Alaska wilderness, to the heat in Death Valley, Rodney has survived everything the earth has thrown at him. He’s even survived a fall off a 30 foot cliff!Renowned for the vibrant colors and rich textures of his wilderness landscape photography, Rodney is a purist who captures what nature creates, using no color filters or darkroom deception. The world today is a remarkable place full of beauty and splendor,” Rodney exclaims. “To witness the simple grandeur of creation, the miracle of nature, is perhaps all that we need. The peace received while viewing a leaf turned color at the height of fall is immense and divine."
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