Iceland Expedition 1972 - Photo Gallery
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1 -
Reykjavik City Airport for
Icelandair flight to Akureyri
2 -
Arrival at Akureyri for northern
phase of Iceland 1972 expedition
3
- First camp in northern
Iceland outside Akureyri
4 -
Goðafoss waterfalls on
the Skjálfandarfljöt river
5
- Skjálfandarfljöt glacial river
above Goðafoss waterfalls
6
- Sheila at Goðafoss waterfalls
7
- Camp by the lava fields
at Lake Mývatn
8
- Dirt road over
Námaskarð lava fields
9
- Hverir area of geothermal
vents north east of Mývatn
10
- Boiling mud pools at
Hverir area of solfataras
11
- Rim of Hverfjall tephra crater
against backdrop of Mývatn
12
- Rim of Hverfjall tephra crater
13
- Lava dust in crater floor
of Hverfjall
14
- Botanising among jagged lava
deposits of Dimmuborgir lava field
15
- Camp by Mývatn lava field
with VW Beetle hired from Akureyri
16
- Northern ridge of 771m high
Hliðarfjall rhyolite volcanic peak
17
- Námafjall solfatara
and boiling mud pools
18
- Steaming fumarole
at Námafjall solfatara
19
- Rough gravelled main road to
north east Iceland (now tarmaced)
20
- Eroded canyon of
Jökulsá á Fjöllum river
21
- Spray above Dettifoss filling
gorge of Jökulsá á Fjöllum river
22
- 45m high Dettifoss waterfalls
on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river
23
- Spray filling the air above
Dettifoss waterfalls
24
- Lava pillars along shore of
Lake Mývatn at Höfði
25
- Höfði lava pillar looking out
over Dimmuborgir lava field
26
- Natural arch amid the
Dimmuborgir lava formations
27
- Final northern camp in
Glerárdalur above Akureyri
28
- Vindheimajökull glacier
in Upper Glerárdalur
29
- Vindheimajökull glacier
looking down into Glerárdalur
30
- Glowing midnight sky in Upper Glerárdalur, final night in north
31
- Approaching Reykjavik
on flight from Akureyri
32
- Boiling geothermal pool
on Hengill near to Þingvellir
33
- Valley leading up onto Hengill
with solfataras
34
- Solfataras and fumeroles
filling gulley leading up onto Hengill
35
- Solfataras and fumeroles
filling gulley leading up onto Hengill
36
- Summit cairn of Hengill (803m)
overlooking Þingvallavatn
37
- Almannagjá rift fault at Þingvellir, site of 930 AD
Alþing
38
- Öxaráfoss waterfall
at Þingvellir
39
- VW Beetle car hired from
Reykjavik on gravel road to Geysir
40
- Eggs for breakfast
boiled in hot spring at Geysir
41
- Sinter-lined basin of geyser
thermal spring Strokkur at Geysir
42
- Strokkur geyser's bursting
bubble at start of eruption
43
- Strokkur geyser's
40m high eruption
44
- Strokkur's boiling waters sinking
back into its basin after eruption
45
- Double waterfalls of Gullfoss
on the glacial river Hvítá
46
- Gullfoss double falls
on the Hvítá river
47
- Gullfoss and canyon
of the Hvítá river
48
- Our camp at Geysir
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