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Zack Seckler's best photograph: wild Iceland from the air
4 monthes ago | By The Guardian
‘The pilot flew me around the volcanic coast in his tiny homemade plane - with the door open and me hanging out taking pictures' I shot this off the southern coast of Iceland, from a ultra-light aircraft, in the days before drones were ubiquitous. I love the stark nature of the Icelandic landscape and its contrasts. Deltas form from glacial meltwater running down towards the shoreline, picking up silt and different materials along the way to create these ribbon patterns. There's all sorts of wildlife too - birds, beautiful wild horses, seals. So a few years ago after a lot of research...
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