Iceland Photo Gallery - Weeks 5~6
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1 -
Path sloping up
outer wall of Hverfell Crater
2 -
Northward view of Námaskarð
Pass and Krafla from Hverfell path
3
- Hverfell crater rim looking
westwards towards distant Mývatn
4 -
The distinctive 'hump'
in Hverfell's crater floor
5
- A memorable lunch spot on
Hverfell volcanic crater rim
6
- Distant snow-streaked Búrfell viewed across Hverfell crater
7
- Contorted lava formations
and rock pillars at Dimmuborgir
8
- Gothic arched lava-tube cave
of
Kirkja
at Dimmuborgir
9
- Mývatn Rift across Dalfjall ochre
ridge line on Námaskarð Pass
10
-
Námafjall solfataras
spread across valley floor
11
-
Boiling mud pools
at Námafjall solfatara
12
- Bursting bubble of boiling
volcanic mud in Námafjall mud-pot
13
- Steam-gushing fumarole
at Námafjall Solfatara
14
- Lower slopes of Námafjall
above the Hverir solfataras
15
- North ridge of Námafjall looking
across solfataras to distant Búrfell
16
- Climbing rocky summit
outcrop of Námafjall ridge
17
- North summit ridge of Námafjall
looking towards Dalfjall and Krafla
18
- Námafjall volcanic mud pool
with bubble of boiling mud
19
- Stóragjá fissure-cleft
marking line of Mid-Atlantic Ridge
20
- Frog Orchid
(Dactylorhiza viride)
21
- Redwing (
Turdus iliacus
)
among Stóragjá lava field birches
22
- Steaming hot pool of crystal
clear water in Grjótagjá lava-cave
23
- Grjótagjá fault-line fissure
across Vagahraun lava-scape
24
- Sheila botanising the Vogahraun lava desert
25
- Male Redshank (
Tringa totanus
)
sounding alarm call
26
- Hlíðardalur with Kröflustod
power plant and well-heads
27
- Hot Leirhnjúkshraun lava
still steaming from 1984 eruptions
28
- Steaming lava at Leirhnjúkur
filling air with clouds of vapours
29
- Bed of steaming lava from
Leirhnjúkshraun
1984 eruptions
30
- Leirhnjúkshraun
lava field,
fissures and distant crater of Hófur
31
- Krafla caldera and Viti crater
viewed across Leirhnjúkur lava field
32
- Northern stretch of tarmaced
Ring Road across Búrfellshraun
33
- Barrow's Goldeneye, whose only
European breeding ground is Iceland
34
- Female Harlequin Duck
at Laxá river
35
- Whimbrel mother and fluffy
chick by nest on Laxá moorland
36
- Goðafoss waterfalls
on Skjálfandafljót river
37
- Sheila at Goðafoss waterfalls
(2017 photograph)
38
- Upper Skjálfandafljót river
dropping over Goðafoss falls
39
- Coventry window in Akureyri
Church portraying the Nunc Dimittis
40
- Akureyri Botanical Gardens
with specimens of all Iceandic flora
41
- Northern Green Orchid
(
Platanthera hyperborea
)
42
- Florally lined Kirkjutröppurnar
steps leading up to Akureyri Church
43
- Wooden shops in Hafnarstræti
at Akureyri city centre
44
- Converging streets at
Akureyri's Rádhústorg central square
45
- Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft
at Akureyri aviation Museum
46
- Akureyri's restored historic
wooden houses along Aðalstræti
47
- Factory ships at Akureyri's
modern fishing port
48
- Breakfast on a sunny morning
at Lónsá Guest-house-Camping
49
- Súlur ridge and Lambardalsjökull
glacier on Kerling above Glerárdalur
50
- Site of our 1972 camp spot
in Upper Glerárdalur
51
- Northern Green and
Northern Small White Orchids
52
- Barbecue on a chilly evening
at Lónsá Guest-house-Camping
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