India Monsoon Chase and Indonesian Volcanoes

[George Kourounis]

I'm finally back from almost 2 months away exploring the monsoon rains & flooding in India and climbing the volcanoes of Indonesia. This marks the end of filming of season two of Angry Planet. Season three has already bee approved and is already in pre-production.

This latest journey was amazing to say the least. I've updated my website with a huge number of pictures. To see everything, the best way is to just go to my Galleries page and look for anything marked as NEW.

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Galleries.html

Here are the direct links to a few of my favourites:

The monsoon flooding in India - After 200mm of rain fell in Mumbai, I found myself in very deep, very nasty water:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Indian_Monsoon/India_Monsoon.html

Summit climb to the top of Semeru volcano:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Semeru/Semeru.html

Boating on a lake of sulfuric acid at Kawah Ijen (it had a ph of 0.5)

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Kawah_Ijen/Kawah_Ijen.html

Awesome eruptions at Anak Krakatau - Including lightning in the ash cloud!

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Anak_Krakatau/Anak_Krakatau.html

I also had a 10 foot Komodo Dragon try to attack me:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Wildlife/Komodo_Dragons/Komodo_Dragons.html

An overview of the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Environmental_Disasters/Sidoarjo_Mud_Flow/Sidoarjo.html

I also got gassed out by sulfur dioxide at Papandayan volcano:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Papandayan/Papandayan.html

Anyway, there is a whole lot more on my site, way too much to list here. This was just a teaser. Enjoy!

George Kourounis
Angry Planet
www.stormchaser.ca

 

[jeremy wilson]

Awesome stuff man! Makes southern Oklahoma seem very boring unless theres a wedge ripping up the countryside.

 

[George Kourounis]

True, but southern Oklahoma does have its moments.

 

[Mike Krzywonski]

Great photos, George. I especially like that lightning shot. I hope all your vaccinations prevented you from becoming ill after wading in that dirty Indian monsoon water!