A Polar Sunbow Erupts Over an Iced Volcano – Stuck in Customs

A Polar Sunbow Erupts Over an Iced Volcano

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Down below, I made up a name for this… a Sunbow, which obviously is a made-up word. People got quite angry at me on social media when I said this… but I actually don’t know the name. Do any of y’

Daily Photo – A Polar Sunbow Erupts Over an Iced Volcano

An epic place without scale or relativity. Somewhere on this terrible volcano are the remains of a jetliner, which crashed after taking off from New Zealand on a sight-seeing tour. I was on another plane, a CL-130, when I took this. The “L” means it lands on skis. It has no proper windows to speak of, but I managed to befriend the loadmaster, who got me into the cockpit for take-off. Quite by chance, there was a polar sunbow that appeared over this most dreadful and awesome of volcanoes. There is nothing that erupts new earth as close to the Antarctic pole, so to soar over it in peace was surreal. The white sun seemed to welcome everyone below and above.

A Polar Sunbow Erupts Over an Iced Volcano

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2015-01-21 08:30:51
  • CameraILCE-7M2
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/2000
  • Aperture5.6
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length18.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias-2.7