A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates. The canyon is a crack between the North American and Eurasian continents and every year these two continental plates drift about 2cm further apart. French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie dived to 49ft and captured these images during an expedition through the freshwater Silfra canyon, located in Thingvellir Lake, Iceland. The 40-year-old, of Montpellier, France, says: “I had the privilege to dive at the famous Silfra dive site, probably the most impressive freshwater rift in Iceland.
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
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LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
