A road trip around Iceland, on the
Ring Road.
Þingvellir was for many centuries the home of the "Alþingi" national assembly.
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| "Continental Split"
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Lögberg (Speaker's Rock)
The low outcrop below the cliff
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| Oxarfoss Waterfall
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| Returning up the Continental Split
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| Flosagjá Ravine
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The great geyser Geysir (after whom all other geysers are named) is resting this decade, but his buddy Strokkur is very active.
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| Strokkur: an early morning blast
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| Strokkur Erupts! (11 MB, 9 sec)
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The great geyser Geysir himself
He's slumbering this decade
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| Litli Geysir ('Little Geysir')
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| Quiescent Strokkur
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| Strokkur grumbling
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| Strokkur: A little blow
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| Strokkur: A big blow!
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| One...
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| ... two ...
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| ... three ...
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| .. four
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| Seljalandsfoss
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| Seljalandsfoss
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| Green, green Iceland
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| Skogafoss
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| Top of Skogafoss
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| Rainbow at Skogafoss
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Reynisfjara beach is noted for its black san (boring!) and its gray basalt columns (wow!)
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| Green Iceland
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| Craggy Iceland
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| Svartifoss from afar
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| Svartifoss rock detail
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| Scotsman at Svartifoss
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| Skaftafell RV Park
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Today was my “Glacier Wonders” hike on Falljökull Glacier, a tongue of the mighty Vatnajökull. A daring hike for intrepid
adventurers, ages eight and up. 😀
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| Falljökull Glacier
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| Our intrepid guide (originally from Mexico)
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| The lowest ice is black with soil
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| How are we going to get up that ice!!??
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| Answer: Wonderful spiky crampons
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| Lots of rocks and dirt fall on the glacier as it moves
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| The glacier surface is not smooth
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| View to upper glacier Note the middle-distance figures
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| View to the spiky higher glacier
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| Out intrepid party.
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| Intrepid Scotsman
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| Fjallsárlón glacier lake
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| Fjallsárlón glacier lake
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| Fjallsárlón glacier lake
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| Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
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| Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
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| Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
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| Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
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| View from sea exit back to Jökulsárlón
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| Jökulsárlón: "Diamond Beach" outside lagoon
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| Jökulsárlón amphibious boat
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I travelled up to Hafnarhólmi near Borgarfjorour Eystri for Puffin viewing.
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| A wooden walkway right into the Puffin nesting area
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| Icelandair Herad Hotel, Egilsstadir
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| Egilsstadir
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| Seyðisfjörður
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| Top of Dettifoss
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| Bubbling mud pool
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| Smoking sulphur mound
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| Grjótagjá Cave
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| Hverfjall Crater
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| Hverfjall Crater interior
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| View to Lake Mývatn
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| Dimmuborgir Lava Field
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| Skútustaðagígar Pseudo Craters
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| SkútustaðagígarPseudo Craters
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| Bundled hay: A very common sight
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| Carved Statue outside Icelandair Myvatn
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| Goðafoss
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| Goðafoss
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| Goðafoss
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| Akureyrarkirkja
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| Akureyrarkirkja
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| Waterfront view
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| Statue outside Akureyri Museum
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| Trees (!) in Akureyri
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| Deildartunguhver Hot Springs
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| Deildartunguhver: Splashy springs! (5 MB, 3 sec)
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| Deildartunguhver: Hot water pipeline
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| Hraunfossar falls
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A tour into a man-made tunnel inside the Langjökull glacier
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Glacier truck, with deflatable tires
(In a former life, a NATO missile launcher)
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| View to the Langjökull glacier
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| Onto the ice
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| The tunnel into the Tunnel
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| Our esteemed guide
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| Glacier "crampons" - like tire chains
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| Glacier crampons
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| View into a crevasse
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| Time to head back down
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| "Good Job, Mr Vitara!"
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Reykjavik
