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Silfra Fissure
The water was so amazingly clear here. We were told that the reason for this was that the water, after coming down from a glacier, goes underground and filters through lava for around 20 years, then comes out crystal clear as seen here.
The water was also incredibly cold. 2° C cold. My wife and I were given the option to wear dry suits and float at the top of the water, but we decided we wanted more freedom of movement, so we went with wet suits.
Silfra Fissure
Silfra fissure was created by the European and North American tectonic plates moving 2 cm apart every year. Silfra is one of the only places in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates, making it an amazing experience!
IfIagreedwithyouwedbothbewrong
Love Iceland, such an amazing and beautiful place.
anaberration
+1 awesome post, when I wasn't suffering from vertigo and falling out of my chair...
oo0ORB0oo
Dat frame rate.
Merco
did subnauticas graphics get upgraded?
MaryNoonan1967
Expanding earth theory is now being considered. Given the ages of the rock, this seems like a credible theory.
coololdguy
I have a fissure...on my butt :(
CallMeJerryBecauseIAmJerry
I'm amazed by 1) the post and 2) the FPS
eastbayrae
Any GoPro can generate fps like this.
wafflestompa
3) those sweet sweet diver butt cheeks.
BigGoblin
and yet this will load without problem on the app, yet any other grainy pos gif will crash it without a second thought!
SuperBeetle76
Right??
ashestooashes
If you can afford to do something like this, you can afford a great camera.
RogueEwok
It was just done with a gopro
ashestooashes
I rest my case.
PiGuy314
Um don't all Gopros shoot at least 60fps?
RogueEwok
Correct, this was done with a gopro hero 5 black
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
This is from a youtube channel called smarter everyday (unless this is just really similar) but you should check it out, very educational.
RogueEwok
Just really similar, I took these myself :)
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
Oh, sorry for plugging a YouTube channel. I'd love to do that! Cherish the memory, it'll be with you for life.
RogueEwok
No worries, if people want more then they can check that out too!
SirFurdTerguson
is this under water?
erischilde
Bbbbbeautiful. It's on my list. My dives at home are that temp, don't feel too much restriction of movement when you're down!
akbrewer
Hope to dive that next year
ZzyzxRoad
Dove it last year and one of the best I've done. Well worth it! I def used the dry suit though :)
akbrewer
Oh ya. Hopefully I'll get some dry suit dives in here in town this summer
RogueEwok
Go with Adventure Vikings. They are the only ones who offer wet suit diving. It's so much better than doing it with a dry suit
ZzyzxRoad
Arctic Adventures was good too (dry suit + scuba)
captyossarian42
I'll wear a drysuit and sit down there for an hour or so, thanks. You can keep the snorkel.
akbrewer
This is correct
nothingchangesifnothingchanges
What water? I see no water.
OmniINTJ
Wekiva springs state park has something very similar, the water is 70 degrees all year and Crystal clear.
fluxfish
WOW!
tommyfever
That's not how dry suits work...
RogueEwok
What do you mean?
BileWing
Hot Chaos! What camera did you use.
RogueEwok
Gopro hero 5 black
notmyfirstrodeo
There is this invention called a "weight belt" that will allow even people in dry suits to be submerged in water. Not kidding, really works
eastbayrae
It seems they were not using tanks etc so a weight belt would have been a death sentence.
JHawke
With a 7mm wetsuit? Hardly. Virtually everyone will still float easely with just a few KG added.
jiynxed
it's not hard to swim with a couple-three kilos of weight added when you have fins. and if it weighs you down you can always ditch it.
ImSnittingNextToBorpo
Haha man. The worst part of diving for me. I'm fat and therefore overly buoyant and I have to wear 6kg around my waist. Pain in the ass
thiscommentwillselfdestruct
I don't think I've ever seen a fat guy in scuba gear
JHawke
I work in a dive shop in the Netherlands, people who use less than 6KG here are EXTREMELY rare.
eastbayrae
Only 6kg? I used 8kg, with a 3.5mm suit, in Grand Cayman with 35C water at 35m depth.
IHaveAMemeForThis
When I got certified I weighed 100 lbs and was 5'3. The wetsuit alone kept me floating. I feel your pain
HowComeDespiteTheFact
I needed 7Kg to snorkel at 72Kg and 185cm tall
FluentPenguin
Im a good swimmer and enjoy risky things. However, ask me to swim into a deep blue scary hole and I'll cry.
MaxieMooo
What if you get sucked down for no reason??? What then? You dead.
LarthanDelaponte
Or what if the plates suddenly reach snap point and correct by closing together? What then? You dead.
FluentPenguin
I'm sweating profusely reading this.
basilpesto69
annonymouse211
Brrrr
Ronjemin
ifyouonlyknew21
I would love to do these things but 1) i fear sharks 2) i fear drowning :(
RogueEwok
No sharks here, the water comes from below the ground
ButCanTheyBeatGoku
Why is their a lack of fishies.
MinorityOpinion
How would they get there?
DogeNigel
IIR it's due to water being filtered for 20yrs before making it to this point that it loses any essential nutrients for fish or most life.
ParachuteScrotum
I've been there twice, there's huge trout near the lakeside of the rift.
Cebrail
Im amazed by how incredible a rear-end your wife has more than the water or the plates........don't wanna know what that says about me......
NotAHugeSpider
It says you're the Assman:
geonerd
The fissure is formed by the plate boundary, but the boundary is a diffuse zone, not a single fracture. Have fun, though.
ImSnittingNextToBorpo
This is probably central enough that it's considered a midpoint? I get what you mean though. Plates too huge to have such a defined edge.
geonerd
Here's where the rift zone goes into the lake - which fault do you want to choose to be the boundary? https://goo.gl/maps/xVwtwyZqNmD2
geonerd
It's a neat thing to tell the tourists, though ;)
RogueEwok
Yeah, I understood that going in, it's just easier to tell people that both plates are right there. I didn't really know how to explain it
geonerd
The first sentence was perfect :)
IamJustinSane
Plot twist: the tectonic plates only take a second to close back up.
Zamm005
Think it through... even if they did you'd be fine. (Put a spec of dust in your drink, then try and grab it with 2 fingers. Observe results)
Zamm005
I say "fine"... You'd probably need a new, unsoiled wetsuit.
dietderpsy
"Water filtered through lava rock for 20 years" I smell a new branded water.
RogueEwok
It was actually some of the best tasting water I've ever had
smarmageddon
Wetsuits in 2C? I salute you.
MexicaninQatar
How much time can you swim in water that cold without dying?
feawen
normal day in Ireland tbh
RadmanTheWise
During training I jumped into the North Sea in January while wearing a full immersion suit. There was a hole in the buttcrack and I died.
RadmanTheWise
I then came back to life and shouted the cold away.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
You literally almost froze your ass off
Mintyo
they're dry suits. source: i was there
smarmageddon
Oh, like semi-dry?
RogueEwok
No, full wet. He probably went with a different company. My company was the only one that does wet.
Mintyo
Retraction: all we did was snorkel around at the surface, in order to dive you would need a wet suit, my bad
RogueEwok
What company did you do it with? Adventure Vikings is the only one who does wet suits
Mintyo
I can't recall, if you are REALLY interested I could check if I can find an old booking email
RogueEwok
This is the one I did http://adventurevikings.is/tours/snorkeling/snorkeling-in-wetsuit/
RogueEwok
My body was not happy with my decision, but it was worth it.
dcfrenchstudent
what is a drysuit?
RogueEwok
A dry suit allows you to wear a thin layer of clothes underneath, and also keeps you dry. This also means that you float above the water.
OldSchoolNewRules
Concave?
RogueEwok
Pretty much
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
Weren't you supposed to wear dry suits to insulate your body?
RogueEwok
We were given the option to, but we didn't want to limit our mobility. The wet suits eventually warmed up a bit.
squelcheswetly
Doing that in a drysuit was like being a piece of debris floating about. I applaud your decision to retain mobility.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
My condolences on your testicles.
RogueEwok
My balls were fine, it took quite a while for my other buddy to come out of hiding though.
SirTinyPenis
Welcome to the club, man!
Eureka008
Username checks outs! lol
HeyHeyKayJay
I'm going to Iceland in September! Can't wait!!!!!!!
RogueEwok
Have fun! Also, make sure you spend your money carefully, food is super expensive there. I recommend going to a grocery store called Bonus.
HeyHeyKayJay
Thank you!
RogueEwok
(It has a pig in the logo)
NlGHTW0LF
dat ass
bigdog1983
Dat crack
ForgivingCat
Asses an fissures goes hand in hand.
roboman
Dat framerate
RogueEwok
It's my favorite ass ;)
coolbigandy
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all
ArtMadeofYourComment
Stupid, sexy Flanders!
uptheantechrist
Yeah, he must work out
RogueEwok
*she
uptheantechrist
Have you seen Dumb and Dumber?
RogueEwok
I have, but it was some time ago, so I don't get the reference
BlackElkSpeaks
FYI: that's a man.
wafflesandpuppies
justblaze
He must work out.
Snoochybooch
Come on Harry
icerealslikecereal
Is he single?
parallaxis
Even better.
Fleggy
Stupid sexy wet suit ass.
MegaPlease
D A T A S S
kalvious
Your username made me laugh way to hard
Bl3eh
E X T R A T H I C C
RogueEwok
That man is my wife, and she doesn't have a man butt
BlackElkSpeaks
JoeTheWhite
As said b4, D A T A S S
MrKaizer
Did he fucking stutter?!?
MonkeyHittingPianoDramatically
Thought you said "fuck an utter" (utter= otter in my language)
MrKaizer
derekjohn
Grammar Nazi here: please, please, please: 'one of the few', never 'one of the only'; either it is the only, or it isn't.
Bundacious
fuck you gramma nazi. Mek me sic.
JHawke
And yet you are introducing us to three pleases? What kind of a grammar nazi are you, did you happen to invent the V-bombs?
NotAHugeSpider
RogueEwok
Aww, and I thought I did good :(
NotAHugeSpider
https://media.giphy.com/media/3geaSVZQzp5Go/200_d.gif
NotAHugeSpider
j/k :)
RogueEwok
Damn, got me again haha