Famous photography by Viktor Lyagushkin turned attention of stargazers:

due to long exposure time there are more stars on the sky that it is possible to see with an naked eye.

Now Viktor’s photo in the Macro Cosme Autumn 2013 ’06

Good news for our friends from Germany. Blue Lake story has been published in the Unterwasser Magazine #8/13.
Dramatic story of the exploration of the Blue Lake for you in your native language.

Good news for our followers from Poland: article about Blue Lake Project in the Diving Polish Magazine “Nurkowanie” #3 2013. Eight two-page spreads!

“Gdzieś na południu Rosji wznoszą się strome skały, a wysokie góry oślepiają bielą. Rozdzielają je ponure kaniony, którymi pędzą szalone rzeki. Kaniony musiały ustąpić pod naporem wody, więc rzeki stawały się coraz szersze i wypływały swobodnie, przecinając zielone łąki i lasy. Oto Kaukaz.”

Stoneworts — an ancient class that combines the attributes of algae and higher-order plants — serve as a source of food for waterfowl, especially during autumn migrations.
Wrapped in a weightless veil of cladophoraceae algae —
poetically named mermaid’s hair — stoneworts adorn this 260-meter-deep karst lake, their mild radiancy juxtaposed against the gloomy rock walls of the deep. When exposed to sunlight or strobes, stoneworts start to shed their own light. This phenomenon is known as photoluminescence, and lasts for only a fraction of a second.

HOW I GOT THE SHOT I used a Nikon D3s, 60mm, f/2.8, Subal housing, and two Ikelite DS160 substrobes mounted on the camera.

Where: Blue Lake, Kabardino-Balkaria, Caucasus, Russia
by Viktor Lyagushkin

Look Section, Scuba Diving Magazine (USA) March/April 2013

N-Photo Magazine chosed Viktor’s photo “Diving Under the Stars” for their issue #10 Feature Section “Nine pages of inspirational images from top Nikon photographers”