I would love to live there but my body is not good in the cold even the mild winters we get in the UK have my hands going blue & my feet turning to ice !
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.
@SilverRainbow@photography Landmannalaugar is one of the most amazing places that I have had the pleasure of visiting. You’ve created an incredible image of this incredible place.
At Fellsfjara, the black sand beach between Jökulsárlón and the sea, icebergs that have been swept out from the glacial lagoon by the tide are thrown back onto the beach by the wave action.
The contrast between the volcanic sand and the chunks of glacial ice is striking, and it deserves its name of "Diamond beach."
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.
For me, there is little that is more inspiring than opening my bedroom curtains in the early morning and being greeted by this kind of stunning beauty.
This is why I keep a camera upstairs - these moments are so fleeting, but so very rewarding.
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.
"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"
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.
I only noticed because I'm currently watching the live cams of the volcanic eruptions near Grindavik, which is in the south-west, and was wondering how far this glacier was from there. :)