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Return To The Fire Expedition

Our fascination with volcanoes has became an obsession. They are an exquisite feature. Anyone who ventures near has felt a blazing sense of mother nature's disinterest in us. In small measures she exhilarates. In her full form she annihilates. On this expedition, we returned to Vanuatu, ...

Kaikoura Earthquake – A Year On

Kaikoura, New Zealand / December 2017. The Kaikoura Earthquake caused massive damage along SH1. A year after the earthquake, it was officially reopened (however, still far from complete). We decided to compare our photos taken just days after the quake and compare them to today. We do ...

Stormy weather in Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park, New Zealand / November 2017. Four weeks back, we journeyed to Tongariro National Park to hike the Northern Circuit. This track is one of New Zealand’s great walks (I’ve got one more to complete!). The Northern Circuit starts and ends in Whakapapa and encompasses ...

Expedition Indonesia 2017

EXPEDITION INDONESIA 2017: We're back. 12 flights, 3 boats, 3 volcanoes, a few dragons tamed and all crammed into a single week. What a trip! See our expedition video and summary below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu1CxKgU9_k Our marathon of flights commenced in Auckland with a half-day stopover in Sydney and onward to ...

A ferocious winter storm

Tongariro National Park, New Zealand / July 2017. The forecast was grim. The worst storm of years to bear down on New Zealand bringing heavy snow and gales. Could this just be more sensationalism by news media? Either way, we packed up our storm chasing gear and make ...

Cyclone Alert: Cyclone Donna

On May 5th, a disturbance near Vanuatu intensified and became Cyclone Donna. Her intensity rapidly increased,developing into a massive Cat 5 - as powerful as it gets. Thankfully, it was well away from any land. Over the next few days, Donna tracked between Vanuatu and New Caledonia, before ...

The Eye of Cyclone Cook

Intercepting the Eye of Cyclone Cook as it tracks across the Pacific and makes landfall with ferocious winds and causes widespread flooding. (more…)

Google Maps Capture

Taking Google to capture the center of our fiery world in stunning 360 degree imagery. Come along on the adventure with us from your living room. (more…)

The firehose of Hawaii

Big Island, Hawaii / March 2017  After a dramatic sea cliff collapse on Hawaii’s Big Island, a rare “‘firehose” of lava began pouring out of a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean. Seeing the photos, we knew it was rare and likely to stop at any ...

Kaikoura Earthquake three months on

Kaikoura, New Zealand / February 2017. Almost three months to the date, Kaikoura is still feeling the effects of the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake. After my initial visit, I decided to return to see how the recovery was progressing. During my last visit, Kaikoura was a ghost town, almost ...
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