As the 21st century marches on, sheer determination has become Russia's primary cultural export. From their blasé attitudes towards extremely cold weather to their casual shrugging off of last year's exploding meteor, these weathered Russians have gone viral for doing what they want when they want to do it. Now, they've done it again: photography duo Dmitry Chistoprudov and Nikolay Rykov have drilled into a fully frozen lake and installed a super powerful underwater light, for the purposes of photographing their new car.Overcoming the trials of extremely thick ice, an insanely small budget of 5000 rubles (around $140), and limited access to equipment, the duo, clearly into digging things up, wrote a Livejournal entry detailing the whole process:In order to capture the eyecandy you see before you, the duo scoured the online marketplace for a bright enough, affordable enough light, eventually scoring an elusive deal for a 1000Lm torch from a Chinese manufacturer. Using two separate drills to make a hole big enough to fit the lighting, they even had to wash and scrub the ice back into pristine condition after a crew of ice fishermen wearing spiked boots scratched up the entire surface.Their success, however, is triumphant: seen at a distance, every crack and fissure in the ice glows like a beacon, reminding us just how fragile Nature's beauty can seem to even the most hardcore artists. Enjoy the photoset below, with bonus stills from behind-the-scenes:Images [via](http://As the 21st century marches on, radditude and awesomeness seem to have become Russia's primary exports. From their blase behavior in cold weather to their generally casual reactions when that meteor exploded in their atmosphere last year, Russians have become Internet famous for doing awesome stuff and not giving two hoots about the consequences. Now they've done it again, in the form of a photographer duo who drilled into a frozen lake and installed super powerful underwater lights, just to take COOL pictures of their car. It's safe to say, they succeeded. Their success was not easily won. The photographers, Dmitry Chistoprudov and Nikolay Rykov, overcame the trials of extremely thick ice, an insanely small 5000 ruble ($140) budget, and limited access to powerful lights and drilling equipment, according to a Livejournal entry they wrote about the process. In order to capture the gorgeous eyecandy you see before you, they had to scour the marketplace for an affordable 1000Lm light, eventually scoring an elusive deal from a Chinese manufacturer. They had to use two separate drills to make an ice hole that would fit the lighting, bleeding money along the way. They had to wash and scrub the ice into the pristine condition you see in the photographs. But, they got the shot, and if you ask us, it was worth it. Every crack and fissure glows like a beacon, reminding us just how fragile ice can be, and that even Russia's photographers are more awesome than ours. Images via). H/t PetaPixelRelated:No Subjects Were Harmed In The Making Of These Insane Photo Manipulations Pelle Cass' Time-Lapse Illusions Outsmart Even The Trickiest PhotographersThe Art Of Levitation: 6 Photographers Who Feature Gravity-Defying Subjects
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