Aerial Photos of Iceland That Look Like Abstract Paintings

• Andre Ermolaev is a Russian photographer who takes incredible aerial and landscape photographs. In his series entitled Iceland. River., Andre shows us the beautiful environment of Iceland from above.

• The rivers and streams shown, which are carrying sediment from volcanoes and glaciers give the photos the incredible colors and textures. The photographs could easily be mistaken for abstract landscape paintings. Andre tells My Modern Met:

• “Iceland is a wonderful country; I would even say that it is a true paradise for all the photo shooting-lovers. But what has become a real discovery for me is the bird’s eye view of the rivers flowing along the black volcanic sand. It is an inexpressible combination of colors, lines, and patterns. The photo represents the mouth of the river falling into the ocean. A little bit upstream there is a yellow-colored brook flowing into the river, but yellow currents fail to mix with the main water flow. One can estimate the scale judging by the car tracks that are clearly seen on the black sand. This is just a river, just a volcano, just our planet.”

ByJ.Jayakrishnan