The Living Volcano

• Photographer
  Christo Chandra
• Prizes
  Bronze in Nature/Landscapes

Hiri is a small, 3km wide forested island, located at the north of Ternate Island in the Molucca Islands of Indonesia. Hiri is a conical volcano (Strato Volcano) which rises to 630 m and it is part of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of Halmahera. The Shot was taken from Ternate Island at Jikomalamo area. The Cloud was running circular on top of the Mountain. It appeared and disappeared again and again. With 4 minutes 30 seconds Exposure times, it was enough to capture the circular running clouds on top of the Hiri mountain.