big bubble explosion Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the explosion of the big bubble of the strokkur geyser in Iceland.

Just like this one

Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn") is a geyser in the geothermic region beside the Hvítá River in Iceland. Strokkur is only a few metres away from Geysir.

However, unlike the big Geysir which does not erupt anymore and may be dormant for years at a time, Strokkur erupts very reliably every 5-10 minutes, hurling boiling water to heights of up to 20 metres towards the sky. After a few seconds, the fountain subsides and the waters around it calms down. During these times, Strokkur appears as a sheet of clear water surrounded by steam.

On the picture is the big bubble at the start of the eruption. This is not something one can see without taking a picture at a fast speed.

jjcordier, Dyerco, angela926, Merline, JPlumb, anes_lc, Faros has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (20449) 2007-11-27 18:42

Wow, it must be a spectacular phenomenon. The way you show it, in both shots, is simply amazing. You say it goes up 20 meters and people stay so close? Well done.
Antonio

SoupDragon (652) 2007-11-27 19:07

Wow - amazing capture. It looks fantastic. The colours in the water are beautiful.
The whole scene has a sense of drama, except the guy casually standing there! Kind of a funny contrast.
Nice one!

Dyerco (8160) 2007-11-27 20:22

Hi Michel
Great shot and well caught. I imagine this thing explodes pretty fast. Did you fire off multiple shots to get this one?

Phil

jjcordier (21862) 2007-11-28 2:36

La vitesse rapide a permis de bien saisir le bouillonnement impressionnant de ce geyser. Les couleurs de l'eau sont superbes.
Amicalement
JJ

JPlumb (3131) 2007-11-28 2:46

Oh this is very cool Michel, I've seen some geyser shots of course, but never captured at this stage. You must have been very quick indeed. The inclusion of the man works well to give the geyser some scale. All very nicely done.

Thanks, John

anes_lc (14716) 2007-11-29 2:11

ok ...the second part :D
i wonder how long time did you wait to do this perfect shots :)
great one..the best picture with the geyser i saw:)
wait for the next
cheers,anes

Faros (5030) 2007-11-29 5:00

Salut Michel,
C'est magnifique, comme une bulle de menthe fraîche !

Phil.

Merline (6574) 2007-11-30 6:25

Michel, Et une de plus qui est magnifique, de cette bulle! Je dois déjà l'avoir dit, c'est le moment que je préfère, presque de la science-fiction, et ici, avec ce temps gris, le vert ressort, de toute beauté! J'ai lu ta réponse à Dyerco, ne suis pas étonnée, ça va à une telle vitesse, belle récompense pour ta patience:-)

Bien à toi
Bon w-end
Michèle

mporta (3071) 2007-12-01 11:22

Hi Michel
perfect timing in taking this. I know how difficult is to capture this very short moment. I didn't manage in producing anything good in the few minutes I passed near the strokkur.
So thank you for sharing this decisive moment
Matteo

Zolive (1652) 2008-02-07 5:48

Salut Michel
magnifique photo prise au bon moment. Cette bulle d'eau turquoise est superbe. Bravo.
Olivier

DKarine (3780) 2008-05-14 2:46

Bonjour Michel,
je n'étais pas venue sur ta galerie depuis très très longtemps et là pour le coup je le regrette.
J'adore cette photo. je m'étonne du peu de commentaires... comme toute la série, eau limpide ou boue je trouve ça fascinant.
Merci de nous montrer un spectacle rare dans nos contrées parisiennes!
ça doit faire un bruit assourdissant que ça explose non? est-ce ça monte haut? comme tu le vois j'ai des clichés bien définis comme on voit dans les dessins animés avec le geyser qui fait trembler le sol et au final s'envole à 50m au dessus! :)
Karine