14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Hell's kitchen

Hverir, the area in the North of Iceland, is probably the closest people can ever get to Mars on Earth. It is a high-temperature geothermal area with fumaroles and boiling mud pools. At a depth of 1.000 meters the temperature is above 200 degrees C.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Iceland
Camera: NIKON D810
Copyright: © Sofija Korf