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Diver Claudia Schmitt explores a tectonic fissure in Iceland filled with ice-cold, crystal clear glacial water.
Iceland’s Nesgjá fissure is a deep,150-meter long, watery crack through which crystal clear glacial water runs, at a freezing 2-4 degrees celsius.
Only discovered in 2009, Nesgjá is the larger sister of the famous Silfra fissure in southern Iceland.
Schmitt, the diver, told Newsflare: “It’s only visited by few divers and snorkelers every year, still quite unknown and almost completely untouched.
“Earthquakes created cracks that can be seen from the southwest of Iceland, all the way to the northeast. Some of these fissures are filled with water, usually glacial water that has been filtering through lava fields for many years, before it flows into rivers, the ocean, or these freshwater fissures.”
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