Walking on the Moon

Posted by
Jim Wilson (Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States) on 11 July 2011 in Landscape & Rural.

Visiting the Leirhnjukur area in the Icelandic interior. This area has recent lava flows with a trail leading through it. It was rainy, and the magma beneath creates a lot of geothermal activity. You can still feel the heat if you put your hands down into a fissure. The Apollo 11 crew used this area to training for their moon mission.....hence, the title.

Canon EOS 40D F/5.6 ISO 400 50 mm

Comments (7)

Hans ter Horst from Ealing, United Kingdom

Isn't Iceland amazing? I like the placement of the person to allow the viewer to make sense of the image.

11 Jul 2011 5:31am

guillaume from Paris, France

Fantastic atmosphere and compo !

11 Jul 2011 6:48am

Dan Creighton from SE PA, United States

Moody image with great sense of scale and place because you included the other person.

11 Jul 2011 1:26pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Wonderful composition which certainly has a lot of atmosphere!

11 Jul 2011 9:01pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Very dramatic image Jim! Nicely captured! ;-)

12 Jul 2011 12:04am

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

it is just out of this world! what a dark mood and brooding drama! fantastic light and composition!

12 Jul 2011 7:12am

Betsy Barron from Philadelphia, PA, United States

outstanding mood and atmosphere conveyed, I feel like I'm there

14 Jul 2011 1:16am

next day →

Canon EOS 40D
F/5.6
ISO 400
50 mm

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