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This limited-edition print series documents the 2022 Mauna Loa volcanic eruption. Featuring intimate aerial perspectives and abstract compositions, each of these photographs have been carefully curated by Cody Roberts. To purchase a fine art print, simply select an image of interest and use the drop-down menus found on the product page to select your size and print finish. From there, tap or click on “PURCHASE” and proceed to checkout in your cart.
Emerging Earth
MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
New Earth arises, bursting into being. Observing such a powerful process, we behold our own nature. If the Earth can change, so can we...
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
The Hawaiian fire goddess Pele has her own rhythm…Absorbing the artificial pulses that rule our lives, she reminds us who the true sovereign is — all of humanity a speck in the tidepool of her gathering.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
Like the ouroboros
Snaking back and feeding into itself
All paths forming into one path
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
In Hawaiian mythology, Pele is the volcano deity,
An elemental force, and the creator of these volcanic landscapes.
The rocks are her children
She feeds them like the ancient messianic symbol of the pelican
Nourishing her young from the blood/mana of her own breast
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
Perception is the vessel
through which this world emerges.
Seeing this,
you free the world
from the binding power of your imaginings.
Knowing this,
you glimpse the infinite within yourself.
Being this,
perception itself becomes an act of revolution.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
Life and death, birth and dissolution,
mutually held in eternal embrace.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
A symbol of cradled potential,
discovered in the birthing of new ʻāina.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
A mythical creature symbolizing both hidden knowledge and inexorable destruction
We don’t believe in dragons anymore,
But they don’t believe in us either.
[So which of us is real,
And which the fantasy?]
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
Like the Greek hero Icarus who soars too close to the sun,
approaching the boundary beyond which nothing escapes,
how close can you get?
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
What was hidden comes to light
Bursting to the surface
It was always there
In the depths of our unbecoming.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
What was hidden comes to light,
bursting to the surface.
It was always there,
in the depths of our unbecoming.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
A mosaic of interconnectedness
Stretching out to the waiting sea
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
Discovering the relationship between lava and rock,
Destruction and creation meet in one body–
An offering unto itself.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
A radiant river of lava,
expressing the rhythms and harmonies of life
through eternal cycles of creation and destruction.
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
“Speak to the earth
And it will teach thee.”
When will we learn to listen?
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
A fire-flower lethal to the touch
With its searing aroma
Adorning the slopes ofMauna Loa,“the long mountain”
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MAUNA LOA, HAWAIʻI
On November 27th, 2022, the world’s largest volcano erupted for the first time in 38 years, hurling lava 500 feet into the sky. Photographed from a private helicopter, this award-winning fine art series captures the history of Mauna Loa's eruption, and the thrilling metamorphosis of our living Earth.