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Geothermal Springs, Outer Reykjavik, Iceland
Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 21 June 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
An exterior part of Iceland's world renown Blue Lagoon lakes. The waters can get up past 100 degrees Fahrenheit near the vents, but the temperatures are somewhat controlled for recreational purposes. Wonderful varying hues of sky blue throughout fall and winter months, these lakes can turn a light green with accumluated algae growth in spring as fresh water and sun light make perfect conditions for algae photosynthesis. This shot was taken on my 'woeful' day of departure from Iceland, off a small path to the parking lot where our bus awaited, bound for the airport. I had just spent 3 wonderful hours floating around in a rather hot, green 'pond', complete with fine, black, granular pumice located on some areas of the lake floor, while a soft, white, and natural silica mud could be found in other areas underfoot. It was simply a 'must-do' experience, amazingly exotic considering the temperature outside hovered just above the freezing point... and this was in May!!! :)
**note -- for those of you wondering, the dense looking ground in the sides of the foreground and the horizon strip is lava... an incredibly expansive lava field, stretching for many many miles. Iceland is simply covered by numerous sharp, broken, brownish-black lava fields... very otherworldy when seen up close!
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Nikon COOLPIX L11
1/479 second
F/5.6
ISO 64
37 mm (35mm equiv.)