Ice diving in lakes.

[Sharp]

Here is my latest icediving pictures. I made my last dive for this year with my friends. Lake is in Eastern Finland and it´s my favorit place.:D

Ice was only 10cm thin. And there is no snow nowhere. Last time we had "black Christhmas" in 1972. Global warming.:mad:
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Marko is posing under ice.
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Marko is walking under ice. It´s very funny feeling to do it. When I do it myself, I feel like penguin.
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There you can see trees through the ice.
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First we had to break ice, to make a hole for getting under ice.
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As you can see, at the winter time we can walk on the ice, when it´s thick enough.
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You can see rest of the pictures in my homepage www.pasilensu.com in photogallery Last dive in 2007.

Happy New Year to all of You and good dives for next year!:)

[solisti]

The absence of snow allows some ambient light to reach water. Very nice pictures, are these with your old set (A95)? I read from finnish board that you are getting a new camera. What camera is it?

[Sharp]

The absence of snow allows some ambient light to reach water. Very nice pictures, are these with your old set (A95)? I read from finnish board that you are getting a new camera. What camera is it?


Yes, those pictures has taken with Power shot A95. New camera is Power shot G9, Ikelite housing, INON domelens and INON makrolens. I Still keep from old set ULCS arm and INON D-2000 strobe. With new set I can take RAW-pictures.

[Clay Coleman]

Very nice pics, but you couldn't drag this Southern boy into that icy water! -Clay

[sorvju-f]

Very nice pics, but you couldn't drag this Southern boy into that icy water! -Clay

Clay, I can assure you that gators arenot suprising there:D

Jukka

[solisti]

Clay, I can assure you that gators arenot suprising there:D

Jukka

LOL :D Good one Jukka!

[Sharp]

Soon ice is melting away from our lakes, so now we have to enjoy so long that it last. There is some pictures of yesterday 12.4.2008.

Getting ready.
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Seppo is posing far away.
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Ice and wreck diving at the same time.
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Time to go home. First gears and after that divers away from water.
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Cool. This photo is taken after 50 minute dive. happy diver.:D
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[sorvju-f]

On-line reporting...actually who is reading one month old magazines?

Nice picture report Sharp! Actually we UW-photographers ( anyhow I ) are often forgotten to give trough pics a wider view what, when, why, who where...traditional need of info when giving it:D

Jukka

[Sharp]

On-line reporting...actually who is reading one month old magazines?

Nice picture report Sharp! Actually we UW-photographers ( anyhow I ) are often forgotten to give trough pics a wider view what, when, why, who where...traditional need of info when giving it:D

Jukka

Thank you Jukka.

There is the worst nightmare of every icedivers. On the way back we noticed that icehole was frozen again. It was so thick ice that we couldn´t break it below.:eek:

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We were lucky that we had still three more iceholes left, and those all were open.:o

Those iceholes was made three days before, thats why it was frozen. We don´t have so cold weather anymore.;)

[Sealizard]

Great photos friends. Thanks for posting some unusual dive photos.

[sorvju-f]

Thank you Jukka.

There is the worst nightmare of every icedivers. On the way back we noticed that icehole was frozen again. It was so thick ice that we couldn´t break it below.:eek:

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We were lucky that we had still three more iceholes left, and those all were open.:o

Those iceholes was made three days before, thats why it was frozen. We don´t have so cold weather anymore.;)

Great pics Pasi again!

How to get face to be seen?

Are you diving under ice without the rope?

Jukka

[Sharp]

Great pics Pasi again!

How to get face to be seen?

Are you diving under ice without the rope?

Jukka

Thank you Sealizard and Jukka.

We are using two kind of icediving method. One is to use rope to surface, where icediver have personal asistant. That is the most used method. Rope is only 20meter/60feet long. With that rope you will alvaus find you way back to home. Of course you need also diving buddy under water at the same time.

Another method is to dive under ice by using cavediving technic and equipments. We put the guidline from our reel to the bottom of the lake. We do tie off to rocks, stones and woods. The guidline is so thin, that it is diffigult to see on pictures. There is some pictures where you see the diver using the reel.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/icediving_valkiajarvilake/slides/reeldiver_trees.JPG

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/icediving_valkiajarvilake/slides/reel_diver7.JPG

There is only very few certificated cave divers in Finland, because we dont have natural caves. I´m trained cave diver and I am cave diving in Finland in mines.

[Sharp]

There is few more pictures how cave divers are diveng under ice by using reel as a guidline.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/icediving_valkiajarvilake/slides/reeldiver_is_coming.JPG

There you can see the ice hole in the top of the picture.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/icediving_valkiajarvilake/slides/bottom.JPG

[solisti]

nice shots pasi! Although they seem quite large when viewed on nokia e51 screen! The site seems to work quite well with this. But i wont be selling my pc yet. (and typing is slow!)

[Sharp]

nice shots pasi! Although they seem quite large when viewed on nokia e51 screen! The site seems to work quite well with this. But i wont be selling my pc yet. (and typing is slow!)

Thanks solisti.

UPC on pocket, not bad!;)

[Sharp]

Here is one cool winter picture. Ice diving and "wreckdiving" at the same time.:)

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pasi%20Lensun%20VA%20SM%20kuvat%202007/slides/Sarja%20D%20-%20teemasarjan%20aiheena%20Valo.%20Avannon%20alapu olella.JPG