For 14 years, self-taught photographer Sergio Tapiro took over 300,000 photos of Mexico’s Mount Colima “of which only 100 are good.” Then, on December 13th 2015, it finally erupted. “This picture is a gift that nature has given to me. When I saw the camera display I was shocked—I didn’t believe it.”

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image showing For 14 years, self-taught photographer Sergio Tapiro took over 300,000 photos of Mexico’s Mount Colima “of which only 100 are good.” Then, on December 13th 2015, it finally erupted. “This picture is a gift that nature has given to me. When I saw the camera display I was shocked—I didn’t believe it.”

1Gladiator1 on May 19th, 2018 at 16:25 UTC »

That is an absolutely spectacular photograph.

YumUmDum on May 19th, 2018 at 17:20 UTC »

Quite literally /r/NatureIsFuckingLit

TregMarks on May 19th, 2018 at 17:35 UTC »

If this doesn't win some kind of National Geographic grand prize or something, I'm going to be mad