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Alexey Kharitonov (Israel/Russia) finds art in unexpected perspectives across Russia’s northern swamps.
When ice-rich permafrost below ground thaws, it can create a striking thermokarst landscape where the ground sinks and forms large surface depressions.
These depressions can develop into swampy bodies of water called thermokarst lakes – like this 30-metre-wide (100-foot) one Alexey discovered.
Behind the lens
Alexey Kharitonov
Israel/Russia
Alexey is a self-taught amateur photographer. He’s been passionate about landscape and nature photography for more than two decades. His photographs have won prizes in many wildlife and travel photography competitions. Alexey’s photo projects have been selected for exhibitions and photo festivals in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and New York. In recent years he’s focused on photographic research in Russia, conveying the beauty of hard-to-reach corners of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East.
Image details
- DJI Mavic 2 Pro
- Hasselblad L1D-20c 28mm f2.8 lens
- 1/30 at f2.8 (-0.7 e/v) • ISO 320
- Russia
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