These incredible pictures look like a bird's-eye view of a faraway alien planet – but they're actually hot springs. The amazing snaps are up-close shots of Iceland's hot springs, and the point-blank pictures produce a breathtaking array of colors and effects. Here: The amazing snaps are up-close shots of Icelandic hot springs. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





“It's a very exciting environment – you have the ice and snow and then the boiling soil all around you, with steam plumes going up into the sky”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





“Sometimes it does feel like you're walking on another planet!”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





The point-blank pictures produce a breath-taking array of colors and effects. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





Vilhjalmsson took these photos at hot springs just outside Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





Johann, who owns a music store, said: “You have to be careful walking among the hot springs”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





“I'm always looking for the beauty in small things that we don't normally pay attention to”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





These incredible patterns are the result of a hot spring in iceland being photographed at point blank range. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





These incredible pictures look like a bird's eye view of faraway alien planets – but they're actually hot springs. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





“Because you can slip and slide and the mud – and if you go down it's boiling hot”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





“I started taking pictures a year ago for fun, and now my camera is stuck with me wherever I go”. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)





Like an abstract painting: a hot springs at point-blank range. (Photo by Johann Vilhjalmsson/Caters News)