Iceland Photo Gallery - Weeks 11~12
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1 -
Reconstruction of Eiríksstađir,
Eirík the Red's farmstead
2 -
Deildartunguhver geothermal
source and pipeline to Akranes
3
- Hraunfossar cascading from
under lava field into Hvítá River
4 -
Hraunfossar cascading from
under Hallmundarhraun lava field
5
- Barnafoss Falls cut through
winding lava canyon by Hvítá River
6
- Barnafoss in lava canyon cut
by Hvítá glacial river
7
- Hvítá River with Hraunfossar
cascading from under lava field
8
- Pahoe-hoe lava-flow on
Hallmundarhraun lava field
9
- Ropy textured Pahoe-hoe lava-
flow on Hallmundarhraun
10
- Hvítá river with Geitlandsrhaun
lava field and Langjökull Glacier
11
- Wild camp in
Upper Borgarfjörđur
12
- Blustery NE gale blowing
at Snorrastađir Farm-Camping
13
- Sunset over silhouetted
Snćfellsnes peaks at Snorrastađir
14
- Eldborg Crater viewed across
scrub-covered lava field
15
- Pahoe-hoe lava flow
on lava field below Eldborg Crater
16
- Climbing the slope of Eldborg
Crater, above the lava field
17
- Eldborg Crater rim looking
westwards towards Snćfellsnes
18
- Eldborg's Crater lava walls
towards Snćfellsnes glacier
19
- Eldborg Crater rim
with its lava walls
20
- Eldborg subsidiary craters and
surrounding lava field
21
- Eldborg Crater and subsidiary
crater, with foreground of A'a lava
22
- 2kms long escarpment of
Gerđuberg Basalt Columns
23
- Basking Harbour Seals
at Ytrí Tunga beach
24
- Basking Harbour Seal
at Ytrí Tunga beach
25
- Harbour Seal swimming
off Ytrí Tunga beach
26
- Snćfellsnes glacier-capped
peak from Ytrí Tunga beach
27
- Dunlin pecking around
shore-side rocks at Ytrí Tunga
28
- Glacier-capped Snćfellsnes
peak above Búđahraun lava field
29
- Búđahraun lava field fissures
against Snćfellsnes escarpment
30
-
Autumn Gentians (Gentianella amarella) growing on Búđahraun
31
- Lava formations eroded by
tidal action by Arnarstapi harbour
32
- Arnarstapi harbour with
lava block harbour walls
33
- Indentations eroded into
basalt cliffs along coastal path
34
- Juvenile Kittiwakes on cliff-
ledge nest at Arnarstapi cliffs
35
- Cormorant perched on lava
rocks with typical wing-hanging pose
36
- Gatklettur natural rock-arch
eroded from Arnarstapi basalt cliffs
37
- Field Gentian (
Gentianella
campestris
) on Arnarstapi cliff-top
38
- Outward curving basalt columns
gracing line of Arnarstapi cliffs
39
- Sea Cave and vertical basalt
columns below Hellnar coastal path
40
- Lava field on coastal path
covered with Woolly Hair Moss
41
- Basalt lava formations along
coast-line from Hellnar lava field
42
-
Hellnar lava field overgrown
with Woolly Hair Moss
43
- Bađstofuhellir sea-cave cut
into base of basalt cliffs at Hellnar
44
- Sunny evening at
Hellissandur Camping
45
- Path leading up to Rauđfeldsgjá
fissure-gorge on Botnsfjall
46
- Tightly enclosed lower chasm
of Rauđfeldsgjá fissure-gorge
47
- The narrow confined width
of Rauđfeldsgjá fissure-gorge
48
- Lóndrangar rock-pillars
on SW Snćfellsnes coast
49
- Beruvíkurhraun lava field
covered by Woolly Hair Moss
50
- Jagged lava outcrops leading
down to Djúpalónssandur beach
51
- Lava formations at
Djúpalónssandur beach
52
- Berudalur explosion crater
backed by Snćfellsnes peak
53
- Sáxholl Crater rim
with remains of its lava walls
54
- Grey basalt lava cliffs and
golden sand at Skarđvík Beach
55
- Ödverđarnes Point, western-
most tip of Snćfellsnes peninsula
56
- Boats equipped with long-line
fishing cable-drums at Hellissandur
57
- Berskjahraun lava field,
covered with Woolly Hair Moss
58
- Arctic Poppies
growing on Berskjahraun lava field
59
- Stykkishólmur fishing harbour
with off-shore island of Súgandisey
60
- Stykkishólmur and its harbour
from off-shore island of Súgandisey
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