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Approaching Eldgjá

Olympus OM1, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad using a 12mm extension tube. Tethered capture and development in Lightroom.

 

Eldgjá is the largest volcanic canyon in the world, approx. 40 km long, 270 m deep and 600 m wide at its greatest. (Wikipedia)

 

A branch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge passes through here; the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate are separating from each other. To the left, America, to the right, Europe.

 

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Uploaded on January 16, 2021
Taken on August 7, 1978