Any seasoned landscape photographer can tell you that the moment spent actually pressing the shutter is just the tip of the iceberg – hours and even days are spent planning, getting into position and waiting for the right conditions.

So the story behind Jack Fusco's impressive new time-lapse, 61G Ocean Entry, might be familiar to landscape photo veterans.

Fusco and team traveled to Hawaii's Big Island hoping to capture a somewhat rare occurrence: lava flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Kilauea Volcano. The goal was to capture a time-lapse of the stars along with the spectacular light show created by the flowing lava meeting ocean water.

If you watch the video above and you'll see that Fusco's mission was a success, but the behind-the-scenes story is equally fascinating. A rainy forecast and logistical challenges meant that the crew had to do a lot of thinking on their feet. All told, they came away with 1. 3TB of data after 20 miles of hiking, hundreds of miles driven and very few hours spent sleeping. Was it worth the trouble? Take a look at the video and see for yourself.

Read the full behind-the-scenes story at Macphun's blog.

2017-1-25 12:00