My dream shot. Aurora and volcanic eruptions. To bad I had to make it B&W. The color version can be seen here:
//www.flickr.com/photos/orvaratli/4549467293/
Regarding the title see this:
//www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-19-2010/volcanolypse-2010
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Hmm, this is a challenge for me. How to give any valuable feedback for an image that came in 8th place? I think your score and placing speak volumes about this image.
I cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like to be so close to the volcano and to see aurora at the same time. Just incredible. As you wrote in your photog notes, it is a real shame that this is in B&W. The colour version you have on flickr is incredible. Definitely the B&W does not do this justice at all. Even though this is a beautiful stand alone image, it is nothing compared to the colour version.
Would never have thought the aurora would look good in b/w, and I was wrong. Incredible detail, especially with the stars - which are so numerous as to look fake :-) Front page.