Blue Hue in Geyser Water: Haukadalur valley, Iceland

A mysterious blue colour is clearly captured in the split second before a geyser violently erupts.

The hue was captured on camera as a torrent of scalding water exploded from within the crater.

Photographer Tatyana Kildisheva was left baffled when she checked her images and discovered the sight.

She thinks it is either produced by chemicals in the exploding water or a light effect caused by the sun. Tatyana took the image in the Haukadalur valley, Iceland.

She said: "I wanted to capture the moment right before the geyser erupts, when a bubble is growing and is at its biggest size. It took me a while to catch this particular image, because this moment lasts for a fraction of a second.

I don't know what causes the blue colour. It might be chemicals - not far from this geyser is a blue water pool."

Picture: Tatyana Kildisheva/Solent News