Iceland


100 km gallery (27 photos)	Amy knitting on the plane to Iceland	Our first view of Iceland from the plane

Mirrored tiles on the wall fluttering in the wind, Reykjavik, Iceland	First day on the road, it was cold and windy!	Þingvellir: Where the North American plate (right) is separating from the European plate

Sunlight at Þingvellir	Þingvellir looking north	Sundial at Þingvellir

Windswept snow and hills	Strokkur just before eruption (note the air bubbles under the dome of water), Geysir, Iceland	Strokkur erupting, Geysir, Iceland

Geysir is now just a pool of water and is no longer erupting, Geysir, Iceland	Amy among the hot pools, Geysir, Iceland	Sundial, Geysir, Iceland

Strokkur erupting, Geysir, Iceland	Litli-Geysir, Geysir, Iceland	Gullfoss in winter, it was WINDY

Sigríður Tómasdóttir, who is credited with preserving Gullfoss from a hydroelectric project	The church at Skálholt	Stone carvings, Skálholt, Iceland

Exterior of the church, Skálholt, Iceland	Single lane suspension bridge	Icelandic horses

Amy and Greg at a waterfall in the wind and rain	Waterfall with frozen spray	Frozen spray on the walls of the waterfall

Scenery in southwest Iceland	Visibility reduced to near zero on the road into Vík	Sólheimajökull

Fine ground stone on ice on the glacier	Ash cone on glacier (formed from ash carried by water running into a hole)	Amy on the glacier in the rain

Crack in the glacier re-freezes and forms long ice crystals	"Rose of the glacier" formed by re-freezing	Surreal glacial landscape

Ice bridge, it was too warm and wet to wander under it	Very deep hole	The town of Vík from the top of the hill

Cemetery at the top of the hill above Vík	Earth mounds; the process by which these are formed is unknown	A very "Dr. Seuss" looking landscape, Fjaðrárgljúfur, Iceland

Geologically young river valley, Fjaðrárgljúfur, Iceland	Varied geography, Fjaðrárgljúfur, Iceland	Without this picture, I'd never remember the name, Fjaðrárgljúfur, Iceland

Waterfall. There's a homestead to the right, imagine having this in your backyard	Ducks at the hostel looking for a meal	Glacier with good example of a medial moraine

Remains of bridge after being washed away by a flood caused by subglacial volcanic eruption	Suspension bridge, Jökulsárlón, Iceland	Greg and Amy at the lake where parts of Die Another Day were filmed, Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Seals in the lagoon, Jökulsárlón, Iceland	Mountains and clouds in southern Iceland	Scree slopes and basalt cliffs

Cold day at the beach	Our rental car at the beach	Fish drying on racks

Coastal road in Iceland	Looking back down the valley we just came up	Opus enjoying the snow

Our 4WD car performed flawlessly in the conditions	Other cars didn't fare so well	Icelandic keyboard, when typing some HTML nothing was where I expected it to be

Satellites are low enough in the sky that the dishes appear to be pointing downward	Icelandic cows	Cows apparently don't show redeye when using a flash

Snow removal equipment keeping the road clear	View in front of us at times, glad again that we got the 4WD car with studded tyres	Mud pool bubbling and burping

Amy enjoying the warmth of a steam vent	Closeup of steam vent with yellow sulphur deposits	Closeup of steam vent with water droplets visible

Iceland's first geothermal power station	Amy at Lake Myvatn	Road disappearing off into the snowy distance

Icelandic Phallological Museum (unfortunately, closed in winter), Húsavík, Iceland	Icelandic Phallological Museum, Húsavík, Iceland	Amy at the Icelandic Phallological Museum, Húsavík, Iceland

Sculpture at the Icelandic Phallological Museum, Húsavík, Iceland	All the stop lights in Akureyri are heart-shaped, Akureyri, Iceland	Akureyri from the base of the ski hill, Akureyri, Iceland

Looking north from the base of the ski hill, Akureyri, Iceland	The local ski hill, not more than about 10 minutes from town, Akureyri, Iceland	The island of Hrisey

Snowy mountains as far as you could see	Harbour and mountains, Dalvík, Iceland	Ducks fighting over a dead fish, Dalvík, Iceland

Basic driving rules in Iceland	Closeup of basic driving rules in Iceland	Sharp peak

Sundial near Varmahlíð	Sundial looking back toward Varmahlíð	Cows on the road

Moody clouds over the ocean	Sundial on Helgafell near Stykkishólmur	Amy at the ruins of a church (really?) on Helgafell near Stykkishólmur

Boats at low tide, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Sculpture near the harbour, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Crumbling basalt cliffs, Stykkishólmur, Iceland

Lighthouse and the town, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Amy and Greg, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Harbour and town with mountains, Stykkishólmur, Iceland

Some of the local fishing fleet, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Is this where Mr. and Mrs. Claus live?, Stykkishólmur, Iceland	Sundial without its gnomon, Stykkishólmur, Iceland

Waterfall	Iceland is full of visible geology	Not actually a sundial, but just a map

Snæfellsjökull	A common sight in Iceland, moss covered lava	Two pillars, apparently one is the Christian Rock and the other is the Heathen Rock

Malarrif lighthouse	Surreal moss covered lava landscape	Closeup of moss covered lava

Direction and distance sign, Arnarstapi, Iceland	Mountains and plains	Basalt columns on the side of a mountain

Gerðuberg, part of the longest wall of basalt columns in Iceland	Northern end of the tunnel under Hvalfjörður	Stuffed animals in a Reykjavik shop

Stuffed cow in a Reykjavik shop