D.R. Congo 16.1.2011-25.1.2011
Nyiragongo 20.1.-23.1.
Mountain gorilla tour-south Virungas |
young gorilla |
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silverback mountain gorilla |
silverback mountain gorilla |
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Rainforest |
local village
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water supply
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local childs
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local women |
typical house |
local childs |
water supply |
boy with self made scooter |
preparing stuff for the porters |
rangers and porters |
ascending porters |
lava lake brightens crater walls |
lava lake at night |
Full moon sky with Venus |
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crater with full moon behind |
crater rim with Mikeno volcano behind |
campsite and observer with Goma and full moon behind |
lava lake in evening light |
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increasing activity |
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lava fountaining |
phase with many isolated fountains |
fountaining and steaming |
complete crater view with observers in front |
bursting lava bubble |
bursting lava bubble |
bursting lava bubble
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bursting lava bubble |
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clear view with edge fountains |
lava crust pattern |
flowers can survive near rim |
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lava lake night view |
lava lake brightens crater walls |
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dead bush on crater rim |
Virungas in morning dawn |
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blue hour |
our camp in morning dawn |
shortly before sunrise |
bursting lava bubble |
bursting lava bubble |
fountaining |
bursting lava bubble |
bursting lava bubbles |
bursting lava bubble, up to 20m |
bursting lava bubble |
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raven visiting our camp |
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camp near rim in daylight |
observers watching the lava lake below |
steep crater walls |
clear crater view |
moon halo above lava lake |
camp with Goma below |
lava lake pattern |
morning dawn on western crater rim |
lava lake seen from western rim |
northwestern rim with Nyamuragira volcano behind |
senecio plants |
ranger in front of broken hut |
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big lava shred hanging in a tree branch |
view back to Nyiragongo summit |
tree mold |
Nyiragongo seen from base station |
porters finishing their job |
boat on the Rwanda side of lake Kivu |
hot springs on the Rwanda side of lake Kivu |
local bird |
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group of fishermen |
local child |
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Nyiragongo seen from eastern side |
Rwanda village |
tea farming in Rwanda |
Virunga volcanoes in Rwanda |
Nyiragongo at night |
back to Kigali |
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video clip-
Nyiragongo lava fountaining |
video clip-
Nyiragongo lava fountaining
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Nyiragongo lava lake in real time |
Nyiragongo lava lake as time lapse movie |