Intro:

Ice climbers illuminated in the darkness of Norwegian caves.

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The Eidfjord in Norway, three hours east of the city of Bergen, is famous in ice climbing circles for its large number of frozen waterfalls or icefalls.

At over 500 metres, the impressive ice and snow structures prove a positively magical attraction for ambitious ice climbers.

And a team gathered around extreme sports photographer Thomas Senf's were more interested in the long nights than the few hours of daylight.

The plan was to set the professional athletes against the nocturnal backdrop using flares and spotlights.

The project produced unique photographs.

With the climbing team consisting of Daniel Arnold, Stephan Siegrist, and David Fasel among others, they had just the right models.

The entire team was fully involved in the several hours of preparation.

Lamps were fixed in the ice using time-consuming rope constructions and connected to 500 meters of cable.

The illumination was the work of David Hedinger, a Swiss artist who works with the medium of light.

The colours, reflective ice and moving shadows created some truly magical images.