
Alex Mustard - Icelandic Fracture
This photo is from 2011, but I’ll be in Iceland again when this goes live on NPB. This is a view through a narrow underwater canyon ripped apart by Iceland’s tectonic forces.
I usually show images of these canyons with a diver in the picture to give this alien environment a sense of scale. This is one of my less well known images, free from people. The glacial spring water is wonderfully clear, but also a little chilly. At least you can drink it as you swim through it! Nes Canyon, near Husavik, north west Iceland.
Location: Husavik, Iceland
Tags: Alex Mustard, freshwater, Iceland, Landscape, rocks, underwater
13/04/2012 10:13
... the lost Atlantis? I could watch this for hours ...
13/04/2012 10:50
Wow! I really like the colours!
Is it a lake, or why does it contain fresh water?
13/04/2012 12:13
Absolutely stunning, this picture!
13/04/2012 16:38
just beautiful, thanks
14/04/2012 11:16
A simple and straight-forward shot, but I still love it. The fact that there's no diver and no sense of scale sets the viewer free to make his own imaginative journey into this wonderful underwater landscape.
I would probably have darkened the upper corners ever so slightly to improve the sens of depth even further.
02/05/2012 13:19
Beautiful! A side of Iceland that not many people know.