Iceland
Háifoss.
Puffin landing in strong wind.
Meadow, mountains, stream, and clouds, Southern highlands.
A quiet harbor.
Sunrise at the Hverarönd geothermal area.
Basalt columns, Hafnarbraut, Hofsós.
Cathedral-like basalt columns that form the walls of Aldeyjarfoss. Some see two roosting owls in the rock patterns.
View east from Kirkjufjara Beach (near Dyrhólaey)onto the sea stacks at Reynisfjara Beach.
Dawn, Southern Highlands. Mt. Þóristindur is on the right.
Making a go of it amidst Iceland lava. The thin, thread-like strands on the lower right are wind-spun lava known as Pele’s hair. In Icelandic, Pele’s hair is known as Nornahár, which means “witches’ hair.”
The majestic Hvítserkur Sea Stack - the Troll of North-West Iceland.
Selfoss.
Trees in Hallormsstaður, the largest forested area in the Iceland.
Sheep at alert before the patterns of Landmannalaugar.
Nightfall, Southern Highlands.
Landmannalaugar, with its sheep barely visible.
Fjallabaksleið Nyrðri
Jökulsárlón at sunrise.
I have been to Iceland three times. Each time we traveled completely around the the country. This meant that a lot of time was spent in our vans, admiring relentlessly stunning countryside. So much so that there were many times I wished we could have stopped, if only for a little bit. But we never did, because to do so would have meant we'd never arrive at our planned destinations. Next best was to try to capture fleeting vistas from the moving vans. Here is one such image, from this last fall. The sheep are blurred by our motion in the van and the high ISO has made things a little less crisp, but for me the view is wistful.
Plateau below Rauðufossar, the Red waterfall, in the southern highland region, Iceland. The reddish rocks mark the bed of Rauðufossakvísl river.
Begrudgingly sunlit wall of the crater lake Hnausapollur, Iceland.