by EMMA STOYE, NISHA GAIND, KATHERINE SANDERSON & CARISSA WONG
Cosmic dust, microscopic syrup, a flying gecko and more.
Lava monster. Hawaii’s most active volcano, K?lauea, erupted in June, creating a pool of lava in the Halema’uma’u crater. The volcano is studded with cameras and instruments that measure ground deformation and seismic activity.
Orange apocalypse. In June, the northeastern United States was choked by smoke blown down from Canada’s extreme wildfires, which turned the sky a disturbing orange, seen here at New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge. Scientists say that climate change is driving increasingly hot, dry and windy weather.
Melt warning. This shot of melt water pouring through the Austfonna ice cap on the Arctic island of Nordaustlandet, Norway, won the Nature category in the 2023 Drone Photo Awards. “I have visited this place several times before, but last year it was disheartening to witness the sea ice melting as early as June,” said photographer Thomas Vijayan.
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