Mt Merapi eruption: When Pretty, Watch Out


  • Photographer
    Jimmy Lam
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Redux Pictures
  • Date of Photograph
    2010

Mt Merapi in central Java erupted in October 2010. The hot volcanic ash destroyed many bamboo trees along the way. I went there a short while after the eruption to see what had become of the landscape. On arrival, I told my Indonesian friend, "Wow, so pretty to describe the landscape.", describing the patterns formed by the fallen, once-hardy bamboo trees. My friend instantly replied, "When pretty, watch out", a gentle reminder that I am standing on dangerous ground as the volcano might erupt anytime yet again.

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