With a length of 600 kilometers, the lake's surface is like a giant mirror reflecting the transparent, fractured ice. The lake has created impressive images of ice formations with unbelievable geometric architecture.
Many of her photos depict thousands of large bubbles created by algae’s methane gas trapped beneath the surface. The cracks can stretch up to 30 kilometers long and are 2 to 3 meters wide. When the ice breaks, the sound is reminiscent of thunder or a gunshot, Makeeva said.
With ice as thick as 1,642 meters in some places, the frozen lake can support the weight of people and cars. With its famously clear waters, visitors can see deep into the ocean floor, where fish, plants, rocks and many other wonders lie beneath the thick layer of ice.
Makeeva's camera usually only works for about 2 hours in cold conditions, so shooting takes a lot of time.
