20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Footage of a ravaged mountainside with a single tree withstanding the lava flow.

Footage of a ravaged mountainside with a single tree withstanding the lava flow. Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano is the island's longest-running volcano eruption. Huge rivers of lava and enormous amounts of continuously falling volcanic ash have very much transformed this Spanish holiday paradise. 7000 people have been evacuated; more than 1700 buildings were destroyed by the volcano. Strong earthquakes and permanent tremors were traumatising the local population. Cumbre Vieja volcano, Tacande, La Palma, Spain, 30. Nov. 2021

Photo Detail
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Tecande, Spain
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Matjaz Krivic