Glacial Motion

Svínafellsjökull ("Pig Mountain Glacier") in the midday sunshine, farm buildings at its foot lending scale.

The dark lobe near ground level at the snout is from a landslide - the glacier shrinkage has left the side walls dangerously unsupported, and the collapse is accelerating the melt of the ice beneath.

October, Hornafjörður in south-eastern #Iceland.

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"He [Skarp-Hedin Njalsson] snatched the cloak away and tossed a pair of blue trousers at Flosi [Þórðarson], saying he would have greater need of them than a cloak. Why should I need them more? said Flosi. Skarp-Hedin replied, you certainly will if you are, as I have heard, the mistress of the Svinafell Troll..."

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@Henrysbridge
I'm currently reading the Saga of Burnt Njal, your fault! 😃
@SilverRainbow
I can read and re-read it over and over again. My copy is getting very worn.