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#SunbeamSaturday

Climbing into the clouds, we looked back towards the fjord and this beautiful sight.

September 2025: Across the stepped slopes of Botnshorn (467m/1532ft) towards Geirþjófsfjörður¹ in Vesturbyggð, Westfjords of #Iceland.

¹ 𝙂𝙖𝙞𝙧-𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘸𝘧𝘴-𝘧𝘺𝘳𝘳-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘳

#Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a landscape with a canopy of heavy cloud at the top of the shot. The foreground is the edge of a road with a sheer drop down to a small plateau in shadow. A dirt road can be seen going across it. Beyond that is another plateau with greenery and rocks highlighted by strong sunbeams emanating from the top of the photo.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #weatherphotography #iceland2025 #sunbeamsaturday

#Iceland #crime #books
@hildur.bsky.social: My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
#books #crime #iceland

Terraces

The stepped side of the mountain is clothed in autumnal colours. Carpets of mosses and grasses are interwoven with gravelly channels.

All around us is the sound of running water.

Nóntindur Ytri (840m/2756ft) in Mjóifjörður, Fjarðabyggð, eastern #Iceland.

#FarAwayFriday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a mountainside sunlit from the right. The flank is divided into multiple small steps, each one top-lit by the strong sunlight. The stony terraces are covered in green and gold plants. The sky is overcast and the distant peaks of the range are misty.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #iceland2025 #farawayfriday

Funny how decent people don’t want to be involved with génocidaires.

#Eurovision #eurovision2026 #eurovisionSongContest #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #Iceland #BDS #boycott #StopIsrael #FreePalestine oslo.town/@Nangpa/115696572706…

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2025-12-10 17:59:58

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Island deltar ikke i Eurovision 2026

Iceland will not participate in Eurovision 2026

ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-12…

#RÚV #mgp20206 #eurovision2026 #boycottebu #israelrael


#israel #iceland #palestine #eurovision #eurovisionsongcontest #genocide #boycott #Gaza #freepalestine #bds #stopisrael #eurovision2026

View From The Top

Near Bolungarvík in the Westfjords of #Iceland is a 638m/2093ft high mountain named Bolafjall.

A road was built to the top in 1986 for a radar station and in 2002 it was opened to the public. In 2022 an observation deck was added.

The view across Ísafjarðardjúp and Denmark Strait is astonishing. A fishing boat is lending scale. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve was clearly visible on that day.

#SaturdayScenery #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

The view from the mountain top, across turquoise sea to a bare grey rock peninsula in the distance. A fishing boat is at sea midway between the viewpoint and the distant land. The sky is overcast and grey.
A close up photo of Grænahlíð, or the Green Cliffs, and specifically Rytur about 20 kilometres away which is a popular destination for hikers. Grey layered rocks are dropping almost vertically to the sea.
The view from a gravel path to the edge of the cliff top, looking inland from the mountain. A coastal town is visible far below. The pasture land surrounding the town is green and bordered by tall peaks with the turquoise sea in the distance.
The drive down from Bolafjall to almost sea level. It's a dirt road with snow poles on the inside edge, and a sheer drop on the left down into a valley far below. A very tight hairpin bend is visible ahead, this has a short barrier on the outer edge. The valley beyond is U-shaped and glacial, clothed in autumnal colours. Waterfalls and a meandering river can be seen.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #weatherphotography #saturdayscenery #iceland2025

"Polar Elegy

An elegy, the aurora writes,
Her pen a comet’s trail,
Her ink a cosmic palette,
Her words a silent soliloquy
Inscribed on the parchment of night.
A requiem, she composes,
Her notes a constellation’s song,
Her rhythm a planet’s pulse,
Her melody a celestial refrain
Echoing in the polar silence."
- Dan Higgins

September, Þóroddstaðarkirkja in NE #Iceland.

Canon Powershot G3 X, ISO-800, f/2.8, 13 sec.

#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #aurora #AuroraBorealis #Iceland2025 #Photography

A colour photo of a night sky full of stars and a diagonal block of strong green aurora from bottom left to top right. There are three wavy streams within the arc, and some standing bars. The apex of a roof and a treetop are in the bottom right.
#photography #northernlights #aurora #iceland #auroraborealis #auroratuesday #iceland2025

Lagoon Fjord

October 2025: Lónsfjörður is a shallow tidal lagoon and part of an unique coastal environment, a mix of black sand beaches, rivers, and wetlands ideal for wildlife.

This part of Lónsöræfi (Lón Nature Reserve) supports a range of migratory birds including whooper swans in the summer and autumn, some of which can be seen in this shot.

Eystrahorn in eastern #Iceland, is 756 metres/2,480 feet tall.

#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a landscape with a body of water in the foreground. A large mountain is on the opposite side, a cap cloud hugging its peaks. The sky beyond this cloud is clear cyan.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #mountainsmonday #weatherphotography #iceland2025

Welcome To Narnia

Clothed in autumnal colours, streams tumbling beside us, waterfalls on every steep rockface, and the beauty of the long fjord leading to the sea. Magical.

Fjarðardalur, the "Fjord Valley," softly lit by sunlight from behind us and patched by cloud shadows ahead.

Looking like a scene from a fantasy novel, this is Mjóifjörður in eastern #Iceland.

Edit: Thanks to @logi for the heads up.

#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a landscape of steep mountains on either side of a long fjord. Heavy cloud above is creating areas of sunlit rock between the shadows. The foreground is a rocky plateau with golden brown vegetation and streams running through it, brightly lit by sunlight from behind the viewpoint.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #mountainsmonday #weatherphotography #iceland2025 @logi

Four.

#FotoVorschlag: Zahlen: vier

#photography #randomnumber #iceland

Photo of a side of a house with one part red corrugated metal and another part black. A rusty “4,” hangs over a white door frame.
#photography #iceland #FotoVorschlag #randomnumber

The Green Dance

22:30 on a cold night in late September. After an hour of standing in the middle of a field, shivering even though our clothing was warm, waiting for the predicted #aurora to appear we were finally rewarded with this lovely display.

Þóroddstaðarkirkja¹ near Kaldakinn, NE #Iceland.

¹ 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙬-𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘴-𝘴𝘵𝘢-𝘵𝘩𝘢-𝘬𝘳𝘳𝘬-𝘺𝘢

Dedicated to Gargron and mellifluousbox, for all you've done and continue to do for us. 🙏

#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland2025 #Photography

A colour photo of a clear dark sky full of stars. The foreground is a grassy field, softly lit from behind the viewer by lights from buildings. On the horizon are strong domes of light from distant buildings, out of sight over the horizon. The sky is filled with diffuse green aurora on the right and stronger bars of green on the left. Near the centre and above the green is an indistinct patch of red aurora.
#photography #northernlights #aurora #iceland #auroraborealis #auroratuesday #iceland2025

#SilentSunday #Iceland
Small chunks of iceberg washed ashore by waves on a black sand beach.
#silentsunday #iceland

Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says a former PM.

Iceland’s former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has said that the Icelandic language could be wiped out in as little as a generation due to the sweeping rise of AI and encroaching English language dominance.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350 000 people who speak the language to fight for its future.

mediafaro.org/article/20251115…

#Icelandic #Languages #Iceland #AI #Media


Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says a former PM.

Iceland’s former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has said that the Icelandic language could be wiped out in as little as a generation due to the sweeping rise of AI and …
The Guardian
#ai #media #languages #iceland #icelandic

#Iceland’s relatively mild #climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the #Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier & stormier. As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for #collapse, Iceland’s govt has designated the risk a #NationalSecurity threat, prompting a a high-level response into how to prepare for this “#existential threat.”

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/ice…

#climate #ClimateChange #climatecrisis #nationalsecurity #iceland #atlantic #collapse #existential

"#Iceland deems possible #Atlantic current collapse a security risk"

If the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC collapses, all of Northern #Europe is screwed. It won't happen soon, but it is a real possibility

All we have to do is take #ClimateChange seriously... oh, yeah. Fuck.

reuters.com/sustainability/cop…

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk By Alison Withers and Stine Jacobsen November 12, 202510:31 AM EST Updated November 12, 2025
#Europe #ClimateChange #iceland #amoc #atlantic

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