Diving Between Continental Plates. Iceland

This photo is taken in the crack in the earth’s crust between the American tectonic plate (left) and the Eurasian tectonic plate (right) in Iceland. The crack is filled with glacial melt water, only just above freezing but crystal clear and pure enough to drink. It is very dark in the Silfra canyon, so I waited until the middle of the day to take this shot, when the low sun is perfectly aligned to illuminate both sides of the canyon.

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