Wednesday, 19th January 2011
Relentless Force
by Orvarati
Exploring Iceland in this coldest and darkest period of the year reveals some very interesting scenery. The light is soft throughout the short day and combined with stormy weather it creates dramatic scenes like this on a frozen lagoon of Svinafellsjokull glacier.
This interesting ice formation is where the ice shelf of the frozen lagoon gets pushed over a small iceberg by the advancing glacier. Standing on the ice we could constantly hear cracks as the ice is pushed millimeter by millimeter be the relentless force of the glacier behind me. The dramatic sky was formed by very strong northern winds that earlier in the day reduced our visibility to 50m by blowing ash when driving by Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
Orvarati
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Relentless Force by Orvarati was photo of the day on Wednesday, 19th January 2011. It is tagged Ice, Iceland. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
draxot
This is uber powerful, the sky the sillhouette of the mountain, the relentless force… :O
Does this come in desktop background size? >_> twould be awesome if at all possible
draxot
a well done and other words of gratitude indeed!! its not that often photography holds such a specific awe about it…
Gina
Beautiful and dramatic. Great shot!
Daniel
It’s so inspiring to see such amazing photography. Fantastic image.
Graham
Excellent composition and contrast from light to dark.
B Balazs
Bravo.
James Fougere
Nice ice cracks & dramatic sky!! I must get up there some day
Pauline Jones
Very interesting; thanks for sharing this one.
AlfonsoPaz
Simply Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Andrew
great shot
ioanna
Very mystic
Rajib Singha
Powerful imagery!
Shirley Hill
Thank you for an awe inspiring story to accompany this wonderful image.
You take us there and we stand with you on the edge and tremble at the cracks but know we are quite safe and marvel once again at the powerful beauty of our wonderful planet.
Richard Dart
The contrast is so dramatic and the linear ice cracks are the perfect complement to the undulating silhouette of mountain in the background. Beautiful. Thanks.
Silvio
E’ bellisssima. Come si può descrivere con le parole la bellezza di ciò che si vede!
kimberly
Wonderful composition and color! Even in the winter, Icleland looks beautiful. I have seen so many georgous photos from this country lately. Great job
Gail
Breathtaking! I can hear the cracks and feel the chill in the air. Awesome photo! Thank you for sharing it.
Tim Andes
A photo with impact. Great choice of title
Jacqueline Deely
I am continually blown away by the quality of the images posted. This is simply amazing!
Congratulations. Well deserved!
Laura Milholland
Amazing forces of nature, shown beautifully here. And that sky is absolutely stunning!
Amy
truly amazing–thanks!
Suresh Wee
Super shot.keep up the good work.From far away Sri lanka.
Michael Leather
Beautiful, love the suttle bright colours