Incredible Photos Capture Powerful Lightning Storms Over Volcano Eruptions 경이롭기까지 한 화산분화 번개폭풍 찰라 사진

Incredible Photos Capture Powerful Lightning Storms Over Volcano Eruptions

By Jessica Stewart on July 20, 2018

Chilean landscape photographer Francisco Negroni is known for his incredible images showing extreme weather conditions. His work grabbed international attention in 2011, when his photographs of the Cordón Caulle eruption went viral and earned him several awards. Negroni's photography is unique for its ability to crystalize powerful moments in nature, showing its fiery energy in an artistic manner.

Francisco Negroni Volcano Photography

경이롭기까지 한 화산분화 번개폭풍 찰라 사진

네그로니는

2008년 칠레의 라이마 화산이 분출했을 때 정치부문 사진기자로 일하고 있었다.

비록 그 순간을 촬영할 수는 없었지만, 그 화산 분화는 그의 흥미를 자극했고

그에 따라 그의 진로를 바꾸게 하는 계기가 됐다.

"내가 그 폭발을 본 것은 아주 작은 부분이었다."" 하지만 그것은 나에게

뭔가 이상한 것을 느끼게 하고 다음 분화 때 반드시 사진을 찍어야겠다는

동기를 부여하기에 충분했다.

그 폭발을 보면서 폭발 사진의 세계에서 새출발하게 된 계기가 됐다."

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

Negroni was working as a photo reporter, covering political news, when he happened to come upon the Llaima volcano eruption in 2008. Though he wasn't able to photograph the moment, the eruption piqued his interest and caused him to switch directions with his career. “It was so little what I saw of that eruption,” he tells My Modern Met. “But it was enough for me to feel something strange and motivate me to be aware of the next eruption and travel to take pictures of it. Seeing that eruption was my real motivation to start in this world of eruption photography.”

While his technique varies according to the eruption, he mainly focuses on long exposures to pull out the detail and intensity of the event. Some of his most striking images depict dirty thunderstorms, which occur when lightning is produced in the volcanic plume. The phenomenon is caused by the collision of ash, rock, and ejecta, which produces static electricity. Studies have shown that dirty thunderstorms are present 27% to 35% of the time, making Negroni's work all the rarer.

Negroni continues to travel around Chile in order to achieve the best possible images of volcanic activity, even leading photo tours around the country. “I will continue trying to show eruptions in all their magnitude and hope that the world, in general, continues to be surprised with my photographs.”