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    Photos from Iceland

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    Reykjavik bay at 12:30 AM. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun. Views[636] The geysir Strokkur. The big guy, the original geysir, Geysir (pronounded GAY-zeer) only errupts two or three times a day. This bad boy goes off every five minutes. Views[651] Gullfoss with hints of a rainbow. Views[586] Skaftafellsjökull close up Views[608] Skaftafellsjökull, one of the many glaciers in Skaftafell National Park. The entire glacier (or all glaciers) are receding, but you can get real close to this guy. Views[1161]
     
    Svartifoss in Skaftafell National Park. The black basalt behind the waterfall is gorgeous in person. Views[2841] Jökulsárlón lagoon itself. Views[497] Jökulsárlón. Where icebergs crack off of the big glacier, float in a lagoon for many years, and eventually make it out to the ocean. This guy is almost there. Views[881] Insanely beautiful glaciated cliffs. Looks purposeful, to me. Views[434] More Bjarnarflag Views[628]
     
    Bubbling earth in Bjarnarflag, east of Myvatn Views[445] Goðafoss. A waterfall on the way to Myvatn. Views[877] More of the geothermal pool in the crevice. Views[7030] Geothermal pool between Europe and North American tectonic plates - or so I was told. Views[572] Vindbelgjarfjall mountain at Lake Myvatn. We summited it. 529 meters. Views[602]
     
    A baby island in Lake Myvatn. On the left of it there's a I'm not sure why it's colored this way, but this is near Lake Myvatn. Views[413] Dettifoss, the largest (in terms of volume of water) waterfall in EUROPE. Views[811] Turf-covered chruch west of Akureyri. I love this turf-covered buildings. Views[492] Wild horses on the road. Views[1012]
     
    Necropants in the Holmavik Witchcraft Museum. A whole post unto itself. Views[1148] Big big snow in a river. Views[714] Isafjordur from Troll's Seat. Views[591] Naustahvilft, or Troll's Seat. About 300 meters above Isafjordur, the biggest town in the Westfjords. It was really hot and sunny. Still, there's lots of snow on the ground. Views[2161] The entire falls were called Dynjandi. The biggest one at the top is called Fjallfoss. Views[763]
     
    The. West. Fjords. Views[474] Foss means falls in Icelandic. So waterfalls have the -foss suffix: Dettifoss, Selfoss, etc. This one was just called Foss. Views[1027] More Latrabjarg cliff action Views[509] Bird nests. Many of them on the cliffs. Views[662] Latrabjarg cliffs Views[2549]
     
    Puffin! At Latrabjarg, the western most point in Europe. Views[663] Southern part of the Westfjords. Turf-covered houses are one thing, but this puppy was built into the hill. Views[892] Inside of the church. I wanted badly to see the lights lit up. Also, not too many churches I've seen have forgone a crucifix in favor of a painting. Views[1715] Crazy modern church in Stykkisholmur where we caught the ferry to the Westfjords. Ultra-modern churches are all the rage in Iceland, it seems. Views[11507] Icelandic Vista Views[629]
     
    Inlet into the cliffs Views[723] South coast of Snaelfellsnes Peninsula Views[698] Inside Eldborg crater Views[987] Eldborg, an old volcano on Snaelfellsnes Peninsula Views[1254] Mossy lavafields Views[675]
     
    Sheep on the road north of Reykjavik Views[805] Inside Hallgrimskirkja. The massive organ. Views[1433] Inside Hallgrimskirkja Views[583] Another pic of the Eymundur's house and the greenhouses. You can see some of the fields in the background Views[1020] A shot of the church and graveyard (the only time the church gets used). Views[1172]
     
    The greenhouse I filled. The baby beets grew up a lot in two weeks. Views[5273] This is what I think of when I think Iceland: a long abandoned broken down truck in a field. Views[1192] A zoomed out shot of the farm. The fields with a light green fuzz are barley fields. They sprouted in about four days. The building on the right is the barley barn. Views[1273] Coffee break. We took a lot of these. And ate a lot of cookies. This one is out in the tree-planting fields. Views[1398] Rachel and Sabrina and I planted trees during my last few days at the farm. Unfortunately, I decided to bust out my camera the day after our three day streak of beautifully sunny days. Views[1255]
     
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