Yakel Village Elders

Some Yakel village elders sitting under a Banyan tree in a traditional Nambas village on Tanna island, Vanuatu

Smoking!

Yakel village elder in a traditional Nambas village on Tanna island, Vanuatu

Erupting Volcano

A close hand wide angle shot of an eruption taken from the creator rim of Mt Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Quite the unnerving experience as each of those blocks of magma is about the size of a refrigerator! Imagine watching an explosion while experiencing an earthquake and listening to a sonic boom. Then as you stare numbly into space your trance is broken by the whistling noise of the magma falling from the sky with the hope it falls short of where you are standing.

Darkness Defied

Night descends around the Mt Yasur volcano as it its eruptions defy the darkness. Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Lonely Crater

A lone silhouette watches with trepidation as the sun sets over the volcanic crater of Mt Yasur. Tanna Island. Vanuatu.

Dante's Inferno

Looking down into Dante's inferno as viscous fragments of lava, some the the size of refrigerators, are are thrown up towards the crater rim. Mt Tanna. Vanuatu.

Yasur Sunset

Volcano watchers gather on the crater of Mount Yasur at sunset. Mt Yasur is an active volcano on Tanna Island, near Sulphur Bay. It has been erupting nearly continuously for over 800 years, although it can normally be approached safely. Vanuatu.

Tranquillity Island.

The paradisiacal crystal clear waters of Havannah Harbour on the south side of Tranquillity Island. Vanuatu. www.robertdowniephotography.com Love Life, Love Photography