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Photo posted by Michael Anderson on 09/19/06 at 12:52 am EST
This is a scan of a 35 mm slide. In the winter of 2003, 4 friends and I set out to ski about 70 miles of the great divide route across the icefields of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way we enjoyed (suffered through?) many adventures including a rappel down an icy cliff face in 100 mph winds onto a dangerous avalanche slope, a ski across the thin ice of a thawing lake, and some of the most incredible powder skiing of my life down the face of Mons peak. This image of an ice cavern at the base of the Mons icefield seems to encapsulate the beauty, remoteness and danger I felt on that incredible adventure. People enjoying nature. Canadian Style!
Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com
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RETURN to the HIMALAYA!! I'm off to the greatest mountains on Earth again, but this time it's a whole new ballgame. I'll be there in the heart of WINTER and am hoping to get some truly unique images and have some incredible adventures. Departing February 1st, 2009!
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Comment posted by Andy Mason on 09/19/06 at 02:22 am EST
Looks like its straight out of a science fiction movie !!! 
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Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on 09/19/06 at 02:44 am EST
Wow, Spectacular. Very cool shot. I was thinking what Andy said exactly.
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Comment posted by Jim Salge on 09/19/06 at 06:37 am EST
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That is just spectacular...never seen anything like it. I like the point of light and the drift coming into it, as well as the blue hues that dominate the frame!
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Jim Salge
Newmarket, NH
"I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but that all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it."
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Comment posted by David Weber on 09/19/06 at 07:36 am EST
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Spectacular color, Mike! It does look like a scene from a sci fi movie. Was this photo taken on Krypton?
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Comment posted by Graeme Guy on 09/19/06 at 08:02 am EST
Michael
Very different and somewhat surreal.
Graeme
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Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on 09/19/06 at 08:45 am EST
It does look sci-fi! Really cool! 
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Alice Scoggins
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Comment posted by Michael Deleon on 09/19/06 at 09:00 am EST
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woah! What an amazing place and wonderfully captured :)
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 09/19/06 at 10:36 am EST
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Michael: Way cool in a lot of ways. What is the light source? >=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
www.sdgimages.com
Houston, Texas
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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on 09/19/06 at 11:00 am EST
Bill,
This is the underground outflow tract for water flowing underneath the glacier in summer. Of course it is frozen solid in March, allowing us to climb in under the glacier. The continual erosive force of the water has thinned the roof and caused it to collapse where my friends are standing. The winter snow is drifting in through the hole creating that cone of snow. The light is coming down through the hole onto the cone of snow. The light is diffused in the raging snowstorm above us so the light isn't overpowering the dark shadows under the glacier. The light on the ice above the snow cone is a fill flash from my camera. Thanks for looking!
Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com
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RETURN to the HIMALAYA!! I'm off to the greatest mountains on Earth again, but this time it's a whole new ballgame. I'll be there in the heart of WINTER and am hoping to get some truly unique images and have some incredible adventures. Departing February 1st, 2009!
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 09/19/06 at 11:04 am EST
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An amazing shot Mike, perfectly captured. It has a definite 'other-worldly' feel to it, which I guess is pretty accurate in some ways. Thanks for sharing this - this is about has close to seeing this as this Florida boy will probably ever come.
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Comment posted by Juza on 09/19/06 at 5:08 pm EST
Wow! Unbelievable 
It remind me some scenes from the movie "Alien"
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Comment posted by Jose Suro on 09/20/06 at 9:43 pm EST
Hi Mike,
This should not only be the WC winner, it should be on NPN's next month cover. A truly unique and incredible image.
Best,
Jose
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Comment posted by Stacy Egan on 09/23/06 at 3:57 pm EST
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This is just an AWESOME shot!
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Comment posted by PrashanTeju Khapane on 09/25/06 at 11:59 am EST
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superb
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Comment posted by Leann Greene on 09/26/06 at 09:45 am EST
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It's wild how you can look at this and have a billion different thoughts and yet be speechless by it-just incredible. Congratulations on the EP
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Leann Greene
West NC
"Stones taught me to fly"-Damien Rice
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Comment posted by Christine Adams on 09/26/06 at 10:09 am EST
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So VERY impressed!!! Congrats!!!
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We are as happy as we make up our minds to be!! -Unknown
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Comment posted by Todd Caudle on 09/27/06 at 5:17 pm EST
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Steven Spielberg, phone home!
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Comment posted by Jim Goldstein on 10/02/06 at 04:11 am EST
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This is one of the best photos I've ever seen here. Abstract and very beautiful. The color and atmosphere are mesmerizing.
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Comment posted by Peter Dore on 10/03/06 at 2:21 pm EST
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Not much to say - awesome! Congrats.
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Comment posted by Dan Walters on 10/03/06 at 9:50 pm EST
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Cool shot! Looks as though you are on a different planet.
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 10/24/06 at 08:50 am EST
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One of the most amazing shots I have seen. The lighting is unbelievable!
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Comment posted by Chloe Tatum on 12/15/06 at 5:40 pm EST
Amazing photo Michael you lucky bugger for coming across such a beautiful place! 
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Comment posted by Mike Moats on 01/05/07 at 06:55 am EST
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Hey Michael, congrats on the EP. Great image.
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Mike Moats
Fuji Pro Talent Team
tinylandscapes.com
MikeMoatsBooks.com
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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on 03/20/07 at 11:31 am EST
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This has to be one of the most unique and facsination images I've ever seen in my life. I can't believe I missed it the first time. I'll bet you could write a book just on the journey to get here! This is truly a scene that only a handful of people that have ever lived are lucky enough to see and you've captured it magnficently well. Reminds me somewhat of Art Wolfe's 'Edge of the Earth corner of the Sky' body of work. A truly otherworldly location photographed with a creative eye.
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