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Ice Cavern by Michael Anderson

Ice Cavern by Michael Anderson

Friday, 11th September 2009

The Ice Cavern
by Michael Anderson
This is a scan of a 35 mm slide. In the winter of 2003, 4 friends and I set out to ski about 70 miles of the great divide route across the icefields of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way we enjoyed (suffered through?) many adventures including a rappel down an icy cliff face in 100 mph winds onto a dangerous avalanche slope, a ski across the thin ice of a thawing lake, and some of the most incredible powder skiing of my life down the face of Mons peak. This image of an ice cavern at the base of the Mons icefield seems to encapsulate the beauty, remoteness and danger I felt on that incredible adventure.
Equipment: Contax 35mm compact
Michael Anderson
Michael is a landscape and travel photographer based in Golden, Colorado. He strives to photograph and share the most magestic and remote corners of the earth.
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Ice Cavern by Michael Anderson was Photo of the Day on Friday, September 11th, 2009. It is tagged Adventure, Caves, Ice. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

19 Comments

  1. Dianne Says:

    I’m awestruck by this scene! The immensity, the clarity of light, I can almost breathe the crispness of the air, the shear expanse of it all is breath taking. Like no where else on earth…. What a telling scene. I just want to look and look and look at it all. Wonderful shot! Thank you for sharing.

  2. Ariel Ariel Says:

    Utterly amazing.. like nothing I’ve seen before. Are those stars in the sky? I’m curious how you balanced the exposure with whatever your light source is in the cavern.

  3. Laurie200 Says:

    Amazing.
    I’m dieing to know, was the light source the sun in the sky above? The scene feels like night but I can’t figure out how the four of you lit it like that if it was night.

    Gorgeous. What a wonderful adventure.

  4. Su Su Says:

    Great info on your adventure I too cant work out the light source. Congrats on potd

  5. Photos by Nik Says:

    Wow amazing congratulations on
    the potd

  6. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    Amazing adventure, amazing picture, thanks for sharing.

  7. Malta Photography Malta Photography Says:

    this is certainly one of the best shots i have ever seen here. I am struck by the amount of balanced lighting there is everywhere. everything is clear and sharp. I might think there is some HDR in it involved but its so perfectly balanced.

  8. wanda krack wanda krack Says:

    An interestening picture. Your adventure sounds filled with excitement!

  9. IonBuck Says:

    Amazing. Reminds me of scenes from science fiction movies. :P

  10. planet lover Says:

    I’m speechless… the photo is spectacular and your tale of adventures makes me shiver. Congratulations!

  11. Ellen Empson Ellen Empson Says:

    Loks like the alien ship and entry ramp in the movie “Close Encounter”…this is a fantasmal image! (Spelling on fantasmal?)

  12. Renee Renee Says:

    Excellent shot, very interesting, thanks for sharing! :)

  13. Anurag Anurag Says:

    This is really awesome and your adventures even more so!

  14. Rajib Singha Says:

    Your photos are always Andersonic images. Congrats!

  15. Bobbi Bobbi Says:

    This exemplifies Mother Nature in her extreme icy cold mode. I am awe-struck! This photo is absolutely astounding. Thanks for sharing your photo and your adventure.

  16. Marie Dunphy Harding Says:

    Wonderful picture & great adventure story, thanks for sharing both.

  17. Mike Says:

    what a glow, very nice.

  18. mike mike Says:

    It must be pretty cold there.

  19. Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:

    This is an absolute fairy wonderland! Colors are perfect–adding humans for dimension really makes the viewer feel as if she’s in the cave with you. Thanks for taking me there.

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