Landmannalaugar camp site on a showery summer day. As we were walking back to the car, the high sun at our backs created a low rainbow, seemingly very close to us.
3pm, August, Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the southern Highlands of #Iceland.
This is lovely Lómagnúpur, one of the most recognizable mountains in #Iceland, with drapes of mist hanging around it.
These cloud formations are know as stacked lenticular and are created by strong winds.
In the Icelandic Coat of Arms there are 4 protectors, and one of them is the giant who lives in Lómagnúpur, protecting the coast from all evil.
The cold cyan of the early morning contrasts with the orange tints of the rising sun. Mist clings to the slopes of Búlandstindur, and the waters of the fjord have a fragile ice crust at the shores.
Mid-November, 10am: Berufjörður in eastern #iceland
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Built in 1920 and rebuilt in 1930, this is the wonderfully tongue-twisting *Svalbarðseyrarviti. There are many such lighthouses around #Iceland, and most of them are automatic and unmanned.
This one is on the eastern shore of Eyjafjörður in north-eastern Iceland, just to the north of Akureyri.
This atmospheric phenomenon is visible during civil twilight, above the anti-solar point. The sunlight scattered by fine particulates causes the rosy arch of the Belt to shine high in the atmosphere.
Looking north-east at 3:30pm in mid-November: 66°10'49.2"N 18°54'31.8"W, Fjallabyggð, #Iceland.
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An afternoon drive in Fjallabak, the "back mountains" in southern #Iceland. We stopped to look at Landmannahellir, a well-known cave, and our guide parked overlooking Löðmundarvatn lake.
The sheltered flanks of Löðmundur (473m/1552ft) still retained some snow, even in August.
In terms of height this lovely falls is relatively small, with only a gradual 6m drop, but it stretches across the mighty Þjórsá river. It's the country's most voluminous waterfall at 360m³/s even though the water volume has been diminished by ≈ 50% because of the 5 hydroelectric dams built upstream.
Urriðafoss ("Trout Falls") in Flóahreppur, southern #Iceland.
The transparent turquoise ceiling of a guide-led trip into a meltwater cave in the glaciers flank. These features are unsafe, and should never be entered alone. Unfortunately, we were there at the same time as three parties of other tourists, queued up outside and waiting for their turn. But they did provide scale to my shot!
November, Esjufjallajökull in Hornafjörður, south-eastern #Iceland.
November, 5pm: The lights of Djúpivogur docks create a highlight in an otherwise darkening scene.
Djúpavogshreppur in eastern #Iceland, with the mountains of Berufjörður beyond.
"Lord, how mine eyes throw gazes to the east!
My heart doth charge the watch; the morning rise
Doth cite each moving sense from idle rest.
Not daring trust the office of mine eyes"
February: I saw these lovely ice formations as we walked along the bank of Svartá ("Black River") in Skagafjörður, NE #Iceland.
I've had several failed attempts to find out what they are called, so I named them myself.
The edge of an ice crust, probably with vegetation embedded in it, is hanging in the water. Successive freezing nights and changing depth has coated them repeatedly, leaving these lovely natural sculptures.
This is lovely Fláajökull, the "Sloping Glacier" in south-western #Iceland.
This creeping glacier is an outlet from Vatnajökull, and reached its maximum expansion in ≈ 1894. It has receded ≈ 2 km (1.25 mi) during the last 100 years, leaving a glacial lagoon at its snout.
February: Visiting a frozen waterfall in the Highlands of #Iceland with a guide, and he led one of our party across the knee-deep snow to a safe viewpoint. I wasn't confident enough to follow them!
Hrafnabjargafoss is only really accessible in summer, because it is located on a highland road that is closed to the public in the winter months. Even in summer, it can only be reached safely in a 4WD vehicle.
This was one of the first times we'd visited gorgeous Seljalandsfoss, and we discovered when we arrived that we were almost the only visitors at that time. Imagine that - the whole place to ourselves.
The little figure in a black coat on the path to the 61m/200ft falls is me!
September, Rangárþing eystra in southern #Iceland.
This beautiful canyon was created by erosion from glacial meltwater cutting through the palagonite over millennia. It has carved strange, twisted pillars of rock standing on either flank of the river. A well-laid walking trail climbs the eastern side for about a mile, ans contains many observation platforms.
Fjaðrárgljúfur ("Feather river canyon") in Skaftárhreppur, southern #Iceland.
Iceland in February, very beautiful but with unpredictable weather. We never travel without a change of warm and dry clothes, plenty of water and a high calorie snack. This was the tail-end of a strong wind storm, and we were glad to see it finish.
Vatnsdalsfjall (882m) in Húnavatnshreppur, north-western #Iceland.
"His qualities were beauteous as his form,
For maiden-tongued he was, and thereof free;
Yet, if men moved him, was he such a storm
As oft 'twixt May and April is to see,
When winds breathe sweet, untidy though they be."