Category: Postcard from the Summit
Photos from the top
Mauna Loa Colors
A Dark Sky Above
Puʻu Kole
Snow on the Mauna
Shooting Time Lapse
Shadow on Shadow
Mauna Kea
Not the first time I have attempted to take this photo, rather the fourth, or is it fifth?
I think I got it right this time…
The image is a two frame mosaic taken with the Mavic Air and stitched in Lightroom. The trick is catching the clouds at just the right place, and racing to launch the drone from close enough to take advantage of the clouds. Conditions change with remarkable speed and fluidity as the clouds move across the flank of the mauna, surging up the slope or dissipating quickly.