Not being able to travel there, I made my own...
---Dune
nice idea :)
I like how you mix the dark and the white cloud in the lower part.
The scene can probably be improved on some aspects, particularly the cloud, but that will be difficult, given that people have the original to compare ;)
The balloon is a nice eye catcher!
Regards,
Frank
I know it can be improved. There's a strange patch of color near the caldera, and the frontal area has white spots, probably due to interference of clouds and displacement intersection or something. And the clouds should be more billowy in the lower area, but I need to find the right settings for that. I can also use more cloud layers, instead of just two (in the spume). I can add debris and rock being thrown out, etc. All possible (in my head), now find the time...
But the strange patch of colour - isn't that deposited ash, or maybe pumice?
I like it - the cloud especially - but I sure wouldn't want to be in that balloon!
I would add some vulcanologists perhaps. Looks very good to me.