Friday, 11th September 2009
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.
Website: www.MichaelAndersonGallery.com
Ice Cavern by Michael Anderson was photo of the day on Friday, 11th September 2009. It is tagged Adventure, Caves, Ice. You can leave a comment below.
28 Comments
Dianne
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.
julie
Just wonderful the blues even make you feel chilled, the size of the cavern is amazing. Thank you for taking us to another spot that most of us may never experience.
Ariel
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.
Laurie200
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.
Su
Great info on your adventure I too cant work out the light source. Congrats on potd
Photos by Nik
Wow amazing congratulations on
the potd
Mari
Wow, a whole adventure concentrated in one single image. So inspiring – both for traveling and photography. Thank you.
Pauline Jones
Amazing adventure, amazing picture, thanks for sharing.
Malta Photography
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.
wanda krack
An interestening picture. Your adventure sounds filled with excitement!
IonBuck
Amazing. Reminds me of scenes from science fiction movies.
planet lover
I’m speechless… the photo is spectacular and your tale of adventures makes me shiver. Congratulations!
Ellen Empson
Loks like the alien ship and entry ramp in the movie “Close Encounter”…this is a fantasmal image! (Spelling on fantasmal?)
Renee
Excellent shot, very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Anurag
This is really awesome and your adventures even more so!
Rajib Singha
Your photos are always Andersonic images. Congrats!
Nicole7279
FANTABULOUS!!!
Definitely looks like a scene from a science fiction movie. The adventour sounds like it could be a movie. Congratulations.
heww
Great shot! It looks to me like the photographer is standing inside the cavern facing the entrance which slopes up from the three skiers. Very unique and mystifying!
Martie
This is my favorite shot from your website! The ice at the top of the picture looks like a starry sky. Very mesmerizing. I think I might be purchasing it in the future. Congrats on the well deserved potd
Bobbi
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.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Wonderful picture & great adventure story, thanks for sharing both.
Mike
what a glow, very nice.
Cindy
This is the single-most amazing photo I have ever seen
mike
It must be pretty cold there.
antonio
really awesome picture!!! I’m curious about that light source too, where does it come from? is it natural?
013
my reaction was literally: “whoaaaaaaa!”
Katherine Lee Strassburg
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.
Renee
Yea thats what you call amazing!!!