23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
The Crater

I was following a group of scientists on an expedition in Vulcano, one of the Aeolian Islands in Sicily. We went up the crater early to take some sulphur and rock samples, and I flew my drone to frame the crater, along with the sulphuric emissions that paint the rocks yellow.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Vulcano, Italy
Camera: FC9113
Copyright: © Francesco Guerra