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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

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

"The heavens have opened and out of the blue
Heralded, like a queen, across the night
The Northern Lights come marching into view"
- Cecil Day-Lewis

Red #aurora is quite rare and usually associated with intense solar activity. When charged particles react with less concentrated oxygen at greater altitudes (300-400 km/180-250 mi) it glows at higher wavelengths, creating red.

North-eastern #Iceland.

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#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland2025 #Photography

A colour photo of a dark sky full of stars. At the bottom is the silhouette of the ground surface, some low level lights are visible from distant objects. In the centre of the shot is a wavy line of bright aurora, the lower edge is strongly green and the upper parts are distinctly red. There are bars and lines within the bands of colour and, oddly, they aren't vertical.
#photography #northernlights #aurora #iceland #auroraborealis #auroratuesday #iceland2025 @Photography

Solitaire

A lone photographer captures the beauty of the mountains on a cloudy day, not knowing that they themselves are being captured by me.

The slopes of Kambhorn (650m/2133ft) and the Viking helmet of Brunnhorn (435m/1427ft) in Stokksnes, south-eastern #Iceland.

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#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

A colour photo of an impressive mountain range. The peaks are hidden behind a cap of dense cloud but blue sky can be seen above. The lower slopes of the scree are sunlit and the crags are distinct. The foreground is black sand dunes and in the centre near the bottom is a solitary figure.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #mountainsmonday #weatherphotography #iceland2025 @Photography

Clasp

The peaks of the mountain are holding the cloud as if between a finger and thumb, wisps of the mist trailing down the leeward side.

Víkurfjall (756m/2480ft) in Lónsfjörður, south-eastern #Iceland.

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#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #photography

A colour photo of a mountain top surrounded by dense cloud. The peak has two distinct tops and there is cloud between them, giving the impression of being caught by them in a pinch. The rock is mostly grey but some green vegetation can be seen on horizontal ledges.
#photography #landscapephotography #silentsunday #iceland #weatherphotography #stillersonntag #iceland2025 @Photography

Got The Hump

A magnificent humpback whale surfaces for a breath before deep-diving again to feed.

We were aboard a converted whaling trawler, one of a fleet of '70s oak boats that have been lovingly restored and converted to carry tourists out into the bay.

Armed only with our cameras, we had a wonderful day.

September, Skjálfandi¹ bay near Húsavík² in north-eastern #Iceland.

¹ 𝙎𝙠𝙮𝙤𝙬𝙡-𝘧𝘷𝘢𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘦
² 𝙃𝙤𝙤-𝘴𝘢-𝘧𝘷𝘦𝘦𝘬

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#SaturdayScenery #Iceland2025 #Seascape #Photography #HumpbackWhale

A set of four colour photos of a humpback whale taken during a whale-watching expedition. The first shot is of blue sea with the blowhole of a whale above the surface, its back shiny with water.
The second shot is soon after the first; the nostrils of the blowhole are still visible but the dorsal fin and hump are now above the surface of the water.
The third photo is of the end of the animal's spine and the centre of the tail, the bumps of vertebrae are visible as well as the top of the fluke.
The final shot shows the underside of the fluke as it descends almost vertically into the waves. The white pattern and serrated trailing edge are very clearly defined, even though part of the tail is already underwater. This patterning is how individuals are identified.
#photography #seascape #iceland #saturdayscenery #iceland2025 #humpbackwhale @Photography

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