"Standing in the Indonesian village Cemoro Lawang at midnight, I could see a procession marching towards the Hindu temple at the foot of the mountains. Mt. Bromo was spewing her usual ashes and fumes as the peak of Yadya Kasada approached. Every year since the 15th century, the local Tenggerese people have observed the festival in remembrance of their deity who bargained with Bromo for fertility. They throw produce, money, and animals into the active caldera to express gratitude for good fortune and to ward against eruption. The first sacrifice thrown into Bromo that year was a bull."

From Thomas's blog post about Rony's print:

In 1795, James Hutton, known as the father of geology, wrote, It is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth. The moment I viewed Rony Zakaria's print, Huttons words immediately came to mind.  The image is alien, yet oddly familiar.  It seems to bookend geologic time: volcanoes and humans, with 4.6 billion years in between.  Everything is in motion.  The cars streak, the stars smudge, the steam pours, the ground seems to be flowing towards the viewer. 

In contrast to the action in Zakarias image, the entire landscape, and all of Java for that matter, was created by imperceptible movement.  Two inches per year.  This is the rate that the Indo-Australian plate slides under the Eurasian plate.  Unnoticeable and unimpressive.  Yet after 80 million continuous years, it has resulted in the island chain of Indonesia, magnificent volcanic peaks, and the setting Zakaria captured.  

You can view more of Rony's work on his website.