In Shadow
Following the road around the fjord's edge, we chased patches of sunlight across the mountains.
The impressive peaks were hidden beneath hats of thick cloud, but the slopes were clear.
Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.
Rendered 3D panorama here: https://peakvisor.com/panorama.html?lat=64.7808118028378&lng=-14.477898046821679&alt=6&yaw=109.55&pitch=2.84&hfov=34.63
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Reflecting
Following the coastline along Ísafjarðardjúp, we stopped for coffee and to look for seals on the skerries.
We waited for the rain to stop before we left the car, and we were greeted by this gorgeous rainbow over the fjord.
We could see it's reflection in the still water, and a sharp eye can catch a ghostly double, just visible on the right.
Litlibær, between Hestfjörður and Skötufjörður in the Westfjords of #Iceland.
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The Closed Eye
Jökulsárgljúfur¹ - 25km long, up to 500m wide, in places 100-120m deep, this impressive canyon forms the northernmost part of Vatnajökull National Park.
The swift waters carry sediment from the glaciers, and one eddy had grown a small black beach. Cut by the ebb and flow of the river, a lovely but fleeting structure had formed.
A closed eye, complete with eyelashes.
¹ 𝙔𝙪𝙝-𝘬𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘷𝘧𝘳𝘳
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Terraces
The stepped side of the mountain is clothed in autumnal colours. Carpets of mosses and grasses are interwoven with gravelly channels.
All around us is the sound of running water.
Nóntindur Ytri (840m/2756ft) in Mjóifjörður, Fjarðabyggð, eastern #Iceland.
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Tropical?
Where do you think this beautiful beach might be? With its blue sea and sky, clean white sands and peaceful tranquillity, surely this must be Tahiti, Grenada or Antigua.
Nope.
This is West Beach in Berneray (Beàrnaraigh), Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides of #Scotland.
With Love From Mars on Valentine's Day
This 2008 image is from the Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), with resolutions ranging from ~2 to ~15 meters/pixel. They are from the MOC Decompressed Standard Data Product (DSDP) Archive, produced at Malin Space Science Systems, and released on CD-ROM and the Web by NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS).
https://www.msss.com/msss_images/2009/02/13/index.html
Tip o' the hat to all at NASA, lang may yer lum reek.
Queen Of Icelandic Mountains
This is Herðubreið, literally "broad-shouldered," a steep-sided volcano formed when lava erupted through thick ice.
Tuyas like this are rare worldwide, only found in areas covered by glaciers and with active volcanism at the same time.
At 1,682 meters (5518’) Herðubreið is the 6th tallest peak in Iceland and is called the "national mountain."
Ódáðahraun lava field in Þingeyjarsveit, eastern #Iceland.
The Jewel Of #Iceland
One of the many attractions of the country, Jökulsárlón ("Glacier River Lagoon") on a particularly gorgeous November afternoon proves once again why it's just so unforgettable.
Öræfajökull volcano with the 2059m/6755ft high peak of Sveinstindur in the middle. Hrútárjökull and Fjallsjökull glaciers are dropping from the centre and towards the viewer.
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Sand Snakes
Crossing Austurfljót river in Hornafjörður south-eastern #Iceland, and a powerful windstorm is ruffling the surface of the shallow water.
Sand snakes are created when strong wind currents carry particles across the ground surface in a stream. Cars are frequently blown off the road here during high winds. Icelandic storm Diddú in 2015 had wind speeds measured at 72.6 m/s (261 km/h, 162 mph.)
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Outwash Plain
This expanse of sand holds a secret. If one of the volcanoes beneath the eastern glaciers has an attack of gas (a volcanic subglacial eruption) it can cause what's known as a jökulhlaup - an outburst flood of hot water and rocks that can reach a peak flow of 3000 m³/s and last for days.
When it's over, just sediment remains.
Jökulsá í Lóni - glacier river in reservoir - in south-eastern #Iceland.
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