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Donna and Stephen O'Meara wear flame‐retardant suits as they explore the lava flow field at Volcano National Park.
Location: Volcano National Park, The Island of Hawai'i 2010
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Clyde Butcher's photographs explore his personal and profound relationship with the environment. For more than 40 years, Butcher has preserved untouched areas of the landscape onto black-and‐white film. Capturing his images with an 8 x 10" and 11 x 14" view camera, Butcher prints his limited editions on fiber‐based paper toned with selenium for archival purposes.
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In 1990, Mike Fay discovered a society of chimpanzees who had never encountered humans. They possessed an abundant amount of curiosity without the innate fear of man found in other African wildlife. Twenty years later, these chimps have been studied and protected but remain vulnerable.
Location: Goualougo Triangle, Republic of the Congo, Africa 2002
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"I spent three years photographing the Loxahatchee River before capturing its essence. One day, I got out of my canoe and, rather than paddling, walked down the river. I became one with the Loxahatchee and found perfect subjects for photographs everywhere I looked." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Loxahatchee River, Florida 1991
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Tephra explosions eject huge pieces of fragmented lava and cinder more than 1,000 feet upwards. These types of explosions, which create arcs of color during long photographic exposures, are accompanied by thunderous booms.
Location: Kilauea Volcano, The Island of Hawai'i July 2008
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"Big Cypress National Preserve is my home, so I'm partial to its beauty. Wherever I go, photographic opportunities abound. " ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida 1999
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Nichols' introduction to wildlife and conservation photography came in 1980 with this image of a silverback mountain gorilla. The resulting photo‐essay told the story of The Mountain Gorilla Project, a group working to stop poaching, educate communities and familiarize gorillas to harmless observers, the beginnings of eco‐tourism.
Location: Virunga Mountains, Rwanda, Africa 1980
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In the land of the midnight sun, a polar bear hunts in ‐40°C temperatures at 3 a.m.
Location: Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 1994
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The tops of a lava flow form solidified tubes as they cool. This image shows a lava tube that has broken off and inside reveals molten lava which can flow for miles.
Location: Kilauea Volcano, The Island of Hawai'i February 2009
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Pahoehoe lava flows to the coast, cooling into a hardened, fan‐shaped shelf called a lava delta or lava bench. As long as a supply of molten lava continues to flow, outpacing the destruction of the waves, new land continues to creep seaward.
Location: Kilauea Volcano, The Island of Hawai'i September 2006