Annual underwater Christmas Ball at the bottom of Silfra in Iceland
Every year, the Icelandic Diving Association hosts their annual Christmas party at the bottom of Silfra. Silfra is a crack in the ground in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland. It is created by the separation of the North American and Eurasian continental plates. The east wall of the crack is Europe, while the west is North America.
Photo of Cruise diving in Iceland or maybe not…
Tom Cruise has been filming in Iceland for the past few weeks. A few days ago one of the Icelandic news sites posted this picture taken from Connor Cruise’s sons Instagram. Apparently the picture was supposed to have been taken by the divemaster while Tom and Connor were diving in Silfra.
The story wouldn’t be all that interesting if my friend hadn’t recognized the photo this morning. The picture is actually of my friend, Guðjón Benfield, diving in Silfra. That didn’t quite fit Connor’s quote: “Our dive master took this of me as I was inverted just underneath the surface.”
Now the diving company, dive.is, is saying the whole thing is a mistake and it was them that accidentally sent Cruise Guðjón’s photos. The other photos Cruise posted weren’t as spectacular (photo 1, photo 2)
Oh well… All in all it is a pretty cool photo. But then Silfra is an amazing place and extremely photogenic.
I went scuba diving here this summer. It is an amazing place. The water is infinitively clear and the blueness in some places is just ridiculous. Silfra (E. Silvery) is a crack in the ground in the Þingvellir (E. Parliament Grounds) national park just outside Reykjavík. The crack is created because of the two tectonic plates, the Eurasian and North American are moving apart. The depth is between one and 60 meters.
(Source: braingels)
Underwater Proposal in Iceland
John Kullvik from Sweden proposed to his girlfriend Elin Hedlund at the bottom of the world famous Silfra rift in Iceland. The divespot, considered one of the most beautiful divespots in the world, has never before seen a proposal. Needless to say, Elin said Yes or actually wrote yes as you can’t speak underwater. The pair was diving with Dive Iceland.
Silfra is one of the top dive spots in the world. The water is as clear as it gets when you swim through this fissure that is the gap between the two continental plates of Europe and North America. Check out these great pictures of Silfra and more in Iceland on Emily Nilssons Flickr. You can also check out pictures and tours on these websites: Silfra diving with Dive.is and Diving in Silfra tour with Dive Iceland.
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