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 (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/TN300_IMG_4102.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Indian_Monsoon/TN300_IMG_4056.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Indian_Monsoon/India_Monsoon.html (http://www.stormchaser.ca/Indian_Monsoon/India_Monsoon.html)

Summit climb to the top of Semeru volcano:
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Semeru/TN300_Semeru_06.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Semeru/TN300_Semeru_09.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Semeru/Semeru.html (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/TN300_Kawah_Ijen_05.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Kawah_Ijen/TN300_Kawah_Ijen_10.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Kawah_Ijen/Kawah_Ijen.html (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/TN300_Anak_Krakatau_10.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Anak_Krakatau/TN300_Anak_Krakatau_04.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Anak_Krakatau/Anak_Krakatau.html (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/TN300_Komodo_Dragons_04.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Wildlife/Komodo_Dragons/TN300_Komodo_Dragons_01.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Wildlife/Komodo_Dragons/Komodo_Dragons.html (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/TN300_Sidoarjo_Mudflow_01.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Environmental_Disasters/Sidoarjo_Mud_Flow/TN300_Sidoarjo_Mudflow_08.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Environmental_Disasters/Sidoarjo_Mud_Flow/Sidoarjo.html (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/TN300_Papandayan_02.jpg http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Papandayan/TN300_Papandayan_09.jpg
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Papandayan/Papandayan.html (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 (http://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!