Simon Norfolk, a British-Nigerian photographer, photographed the Lewis Glacier in Kenya which lost 90% of its volume since it was first mapped in 1934. He chose this particular glacier because it has been so well recorded over the last century. Norfolk used old maps, modern GPS data, and mapping surveys to figure out what the boundaries of the glacier looked like in the years prior.
Taking a garden rake and a gasoline soaked scrap of carpet to mark the previous glacial boundaries, Norfolk set his camera for hour-long exposures at night to capture this fire-y border. Furthermore, Mount Kenya is the eroded stump of a dead volcano. The artist intended to ignite its magma core while also conveying his belief that the combustion of hydrocarbons is to blame for glacial retreat through his use of fire in the photographs. The contrast between ice and fire is captivating.