Skaftafellsjökull, Southeast Iceland
So folks, it’s been a while, but it’s now time to head back to Iceland and continue our exploration… Central Iceland is a land of huge volcanoes covered in permanent…
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May 23, 2021
Elemental drama
Iceland is a country you don’t just visit, you experience it. It is like a stage drama, played out by the colossal actors of fire, ice and ocean each putting…
March 11, 2021
The road less travelled
There’s a lot of typical Iceland features in this shot. - the black, volcanic rock surfacing the road, the wide, green, bare expanse of the valley floor, jagged, brooding mountains…
March 10, 2021
Gullfoss
Gulfoss. The final point of the Iceland ‘Golden Triangle’, that little cluster of sights within a day trip of Reykjavik that everyone should, and generally does, visit. Here, the wild…
March 2, 2021
Warning! Wilderness ahead…
The interior of Iceland is one of Europe’s last real wildernesses. Only a couple of roads cross this brooding landscape of mountains, volcanoes and icecaps and only a handful of…
March 2, 2021
Birds of Thingvellir
Thingvellir and in fact Iceland in general are known not only for their spectacular scenery but also their wildlife. In the summer months, the coast, rivers, mountains and moors become…
March 2, 2021
Thingvellir National Park
A few more from Thingvellir National Park in southwest Iceland showing the tortured landscape of Almannagja, the cliffs and canyons on the northwestern side of the Rift Valley. To stand…
March 2, 2021
View from Almannagjá
Iceland, June 2015. The glorious view from atop the Almannagjá cliffs overlooking the rift valley of Thingvellir National Park. This is a place of fabulous natural history and Icelandic heritage.…
March 2, 2021
Welcome to Iceland!
Time for a complete change of scenery. In fact, time for a change of country and year... With a little more time on my hands from not spending 4 hours…
January 22, 2021
Walking on a beach of gold
We’re heading back to Meon Beach today (don’t say I didn’t warn you that I couldn’t stop pointing my camera at things that afternoon!) As the sun was setting, the…
January 15, 2021