Iceland Photo Gallery - Weeks 13~14
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1 -
Morning bus from
Hafnarfjörður into Reykjavík
2 -
Reykjavík Ráðhúsið (City Hall)
set astride Tjörnin City Lake
3
- Topographical relief model
of Iceland showing Hornstrandir
4 -
Feeding the ducks
on Reykjavík's Tjörnin (City Lake)
5
- Rear façade of Parliament
House from Alþing gardens
6
- Whaling ships moored at
Reykjavík's Old Harbour
7
- Icelandic coast-guard boat and
Harpa
Opera House at Old Harbour
8
-
Harpa
Opera House dominating
Reykjavík's harbour sky-line
9
- Tower of hilltop Hallgrímskirkja
Church dominating city sky-line
10
- Alþingishúsið, home of the
Alþing (Icelandic Parliament)
11
- Plenary chamber of the
Alþing
(Icelandic Parliament)
12
- Guðbrandur's 1584
translation of Bible into Icelandic
13
- View from University of hill-
top Hallgrímskirkja church
14
- Nordic House, designed by
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto
15
- Bessastaðir, the Icelandic
Presidential official residence
16
- Solfatara at Hellisheiði against
backdrop of Svinahraun & Ring Road
17
- Coastal plain, Hveragerði, Ingólfsfjall, and Westman Islands
18
-
Steaming fumaroles at
upper Reykjadalur solfataras
19
- Boiling pool at Reykjadalur
solfatara in Hengill geothermal zone
20
- Distant Þingvallavatn lake from
Kýrdalshryggur ridge above Nesjavellir
21
- Peaceful valley on northern
slopes of Hengill above Dyrafjöll Pass
22
- Meadow Pipit at
Flói Wetlands Bird Reserve
23
- Wheatear at
Flói Wetlands Bird Reserve
24
- Panoramic view across
Þingvellir rift valley depression
25
- Þingvellir National Park
Nyrðri-Leirar campsite
26
- Dramatically flaring sunset
at Þingvellir
27
- Northward extension of
Almannagjá rift gorge at Þingvellir
28
- Stekkjatgjá Gorge sloping up
to brim of Kerlingarhraun lava field
29
-
Stratified basalt walls
of Almannagjá fissure
30
- Looking along Almannagjá
fissure showing scale of rift chasm
31
- Öxarárfoss dropping into
Almannagjá from lava field brink
32
- Öxará River flowing along length
of Almannagjá gorge
33
- Öxará river emerging from
Almannagjá gorge
34
-
Lög Berg
(Law Rock) looking
up towards Almannagjá
35
- Öxará River meandering
towards outflow into Þingvallavatn
36
- Slab of Pahoe-hoe lava flow
uplifted by tectonic forces
37
- 1859 Þingvellir Church on site
of original built 1000 AD
38
- Flossagjá fissure at Þingvellir
flooded by spring water
39
- Sleðaásgjá fissure-fault ripped
apart by tectonic plate movement
40
- Sleðaásgjá fissure ripped apart
across Sleðaáshraun lava field
41
- Boiling pool at Geysir
42
- Strokkur geysir in quiescent
state between eruptions
43
- Initial swelling of surface
bubble prefacing Strokkur eruption
44
- Strokkur initial bubble bursting
with next eruption
45
- Strokkur's 40m high eruption
46
- Post-eruption collapsing
shower of boiling spray and steam
47
- Dissipating steam following Strokkur eruption
48
- Post-eruption water draining
back re-filling the vent channel
49
- Twin boiling pools of Blesi as
foreground to Strokkur's eruption
50
- Basin of the original Great
Geysir, now standing dormant
51
- Our 1972 camp at Geysir
52
- Double waterfalls of Gullfoss
on the glacial river Hvítá
53
- River Hvíta grey with glacial sediment dropping over Gullfoss
54
- Gullfoss lower falls plunging
into the narrow basalt gorge
55
- Rainbow over Gullfoss and canyon of the Hvítá river
56
- Interior of Cathedral Church
at ecclesiastical centre of Skálholt
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