Iceland
In June 2016, I participated in a Road Scholar photography trip to Iceland. After a seven hour flight from Seattle to Reykjavik, I met the group the next morning for a dip into the large, warm Blue Lagoon. Then we started on our way along the south coast of the island. Volcanoes, waterfalls, glaciers, and icebergs were all on our itinerary, as were puffins, Icelandice horses and sheep, and the clouds and the ocean. It was an amazing experience.
View of the Northern Lights Inn and thermal power plant
The Blue Lagoon
Around the hotel. The Nootka Lupine was imported from Alaska to improve the soil. It blooms everywhere.
Gullfoss, or Golden Falls
Strokkur geyser, Geysir Hot Springs
Thermal area, Geysir Hot Springs
Icelandic Sheep
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"Sunset" at Eldestar Hotel
Icelandic Horse at Eldestar
Mare and foal
High Spirits
Trotting to the corral
Helping with an itch
Up close
European Oystercatcher
Seljalandsfoss
Nearby Waterfall
Skogafoss
Site of Eyjafjallajokull 2010 eruption
Along the road, every waterfall has a ranch at its base.
Dyrholaey headland with sea stack and black sand beach. Birds are eider ducks.
Puffin on headland
Puffin
Arm of Vatnajokull Glacier, larger than all the other glaciers in Europe put together.
Lagoon
People on the glacier
Nootka Lupine and the glacier
Unusual white lupine
White Nootka Lupine
Glacier Pattern
Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon
Iceberg in the lagoon
Diamond Beach at Jokulsarlon
Ice on the black sand beach
Ice
Ice
Ice
Waves crashing on the beach
Waterfall and basaltic columns, Svartifoss
At Dverghamrar
Dverghamrar, or Rocks of the Dwarves
Basaltic columns
Along the road to Landmannalaugar
At Landmannalaugar
The Atlantic Ridge at Thingvellir, the ancient place of Parliament, established in 930 CE
Bishopric founded in 1056
The Atlantic Ridge, North American plate on the left, Eurasion plate on the right
Another view of the Atlantic Ridge, separating the North American plate on the left from the Eurasion plate on the right
The Road Scholars at Thingvellir
Route in Iceland
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