Photos from trip to amazing Iceland, 26 Aug to 08 Sep 2014.
1 Basalt rocks at the Allmanagja cleft; law rock in background, at flag
2 Mist from the crash of water into a gorge at Gullfoss
3 Rainbow at Gullfoss
4 Colors of dawn near Gulffoss
5 Clear blue -- and scalding -- water of Blesi pool at Geysir
6 Beginning of an eruption of Strokkur geyser at Geysir
7 Geysir Hot Springs area lying against the red spot on the green hills, with Strokkur geyser erupting
8 Gravelled route 35 leading north from Gullfoss
9 Dirty-looking white of Langjökull (glacier) seen from Skalpanes
10 Slopes of Blafell near Skalpanes
11 Afternoon light on route 35 north of Gullfoss
12 White water at Gullfoss
13 Absolutly flat and desolate lava field along the road (recognizable almost only by the yellow road markers) in the Naefurholtsfjöll left from eruptions of Hekla ("the queen of Icelandic volcanoes") - only brown and black colors. Incredible!
14 Cheerier colors out on the south coast
15 Green of the slopes of Petersey and gray-white of the Mýrdalsjökull (glacier)
16 White waves crashing on the black beach at Reynisfjara near Vik on the south coast
17 Colors of evanescent "jewels" from prismatic effects of the sea foam
18 Gravel and green on mountain route F208 (F roads not for 2wd or low-slung vehicles!) to Landmannalaugur
19 Puddles in the road, F208, to Landmannalaugur
20 Looking past the green to the mountains at Landmannalaugur
21 Mountains near Landmannalaugur
22 Green, river and road near Landmannalaugur
23 Ford on the F208 to Landmannalaugur
24 White canopies of water at Skogafoss
25 Pink, white and blue in the church at the marvellous Skógar Folk Museum
26 Akureyri on its fjord, its colors and angular forms set off from the bluish landscape
27 Fields, mountains and clouds east of Akureyri
28 Autumn colors and lava formations at Dimmuborgir on the east shore of Myvatn
29 Dimmuborgir
30 Mountains north-east of Myvatnm near Námaskarð, a pass over the Namafjall
31 Incredible colors near Námaskarð
32 Near Námaskarð
33 Dalfjall, where plate tectonics are splitting the mountain in two
34 Sulphurous steam escaping from a vent at Hverir geothermal area
35 Colors of dissolved minerals left after evaporation at Hverir
36 Under the soil of Hverir, red
37 Escaping steam at Hverir
38 Colors from dissolved minerals
39 Looking from Hverir towards the Krafla volcanic area
40 Steam vent on the slopes of Leirhnjúkur
41 Leirhnjúkur
42 Color of dissolved minerals on Leirhnjúkur
43 Colors near Leirhnjúkur
44 Distant islands floating in a black sea (really a lava field) north-west of Leirhnjúkur
45 Hot springs on Leirhnjúkur
46 Hlíðarfjall, one of the most recognizable peaks in the Myvatn area
47 Dried lava
48 Flat, black flow and irregular flow against green
49 Green
50 Dried lava and slopes of Leirhnjúkur
51 Dark gray ... and red!
52 Geothermal plant at Bjarnarflag, NE Myvatn
53 Klasar, created when hot lava came into contact with moisture and exploded, at Kálfaströnd, east shore of Myvatn
54 Kálfaströnd with Mount ??? in background
55 Colors of sheep at the annual autumn sheep roundup, which we were lucky to see as we were leaving Myvatn
