apocalyptic glacier

Posted by akarui (Kagoshima, Japan) on 22 February 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

Antarctic. I was lucky to catch some light on this amazing glacier...

Thank you very much for all your comments.
You can see the same picture in bigger size and better resolution on my new blog.

Laurent from Lyon, France

un paysage fabuleux si bien mis en valeur par la lumière.
Comme à chaque fois, je suis très impressionné par tes photos

22 Feb 2008 12:59pm

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Superb capture and light!!! WOw simply Wow!

22 Feb 2008 4:07pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, QC, Canada

Encore une fois bravo!

22 Feb 2008 4:49pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Cracklingly crisp shot! Great stuff!

22 Feb 2008 5:26pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Sensational! Absolutely great!

22 Feb 2008 8:28pm

Pedro from Santander, Spain

Perhaps a little more contrast between mountain and sky.
Beatiful view

22 Feb 2008 9:26pm

@Pedro: I have tried your suggestion and it is better. Thank you very much Pedro.

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Powerful composition and magnificent range of blues.

22 Feb 2008 11:32pm

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

This exudes that kind of silent beauty that awes and scares at the same time! Even that ray of light does not mean hope!

23 Feb 2008 4:28pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

love this glacier... where is this? wonderful detail!

6 Jun 2008 1:41am

@dj.tigersprout: Thank you very much dj for all your nice comments. this was taken somewhere in the Antartic peninsula below South America. In summer time there are are lot's of wild life coming there for nesting.

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