Sergio Velasco Garcia

Sergio Velasco Garcia, “Colima Volcano Explosion”,

This photo won third prize in the Nature category of the 2016 World Press Photo Contest.

The Colima Volcano in Mexico shows a powerful night explosion with lightning and some incandescent rockfalls. The photo was taken on December 13, at a distance of 12.5 kilometers away from the crater near a lagoon named Carrizalillos on Comala Municipality. This particular bolt of lightning is more than 600 meters tall, lighting details of the south portion of volcano in this 8 second exposure.

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