These photographs of Iceland's ice caves are truly breathtaking
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Your support makes all the difference.Iceland is on many travellers’ wish lists as a must-see destination and this dazzling new photography series will only strengthen your desire for a frosty holiday.
Exciting new sensor technology from Sony has enabled a sharper, low-light look at incredible natural sights and British photographer Mikael Buck has made powerful use of it to capture the majestic icy wonder of the Vatnajokull caves
Local Icelandic guides Einar Runar Sigurdsson and Helen Maria accompanied Buck around one of the largest glaciers in Europe, with all images taken without a tripod. No Photoshop stitching techniques were involved either.
The almost otherworldly caverns, bubbly blue walls, waterfalls, crevasses, icicles and tunnels of the frozen fortress make for dazzling photographs.
Maria, who works for Iceland’s oldest mountain guiding company, said: “I have been exploring these ice caves for years with Local Guide. Being here in them is a truly wonderful opportunity.
“Knowing you’re experiencing such a fleeting phenomenon makes it even more special - the opportunity to help capture this nature in all its intricate glory and now in more detail than ever thanks to Sony’s sensor technology is a truly magical experience.
“This series of photographs has done it justice like never before and I hope many more people will be spurred on to visit as a result.”
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