Black Beauty

The volcanic sands of Reynisfjara, near Vík í Mýrdal in southern #Iceland.

This strand regularly features in lists of "World's Top Beaches" due to its cleanliness, water quality and sheer loveliness.
If it was rated for swimming and sunbathing, it would get 0/10 every time!

The basalt stump in the centre is Arnardrangur (Eagle Rock) and in the distance are the famous Reynisdrangar.

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Canyon Cascade

There are some lovely and quite famous valleys in southern #Iceland, this one is unusual because the entrance is blocked by a large, dome-shaped rock.
Stjórnargljúfur (𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙖𝙬𝙣-𝘢𝘳𝘳-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘷𝘳𝘳) gulley also contains a river and its waters cascade beautifully over this block.

Stjórnarfoss waterfall (49 ft/15 m high) in Skaftárhreppur. The guy in the shot is my partner!

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Snow Dome

November: A shot from a plane flying at 6500m between Reykjavik to Akureyri. The accumulation of snowflakes on the top of Hrútfell (1396m) eventually flows as part of a glacier - Hrútfellsjökull.

The other mountains are Innra-Sandfell and Femra-Sandfell. Bláskógabyggð in the western Central Highlands of #Iceland.

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Ox Valley

February: Crossing the Tröllaskagi peninsular on a beautifully crisp day. The main ring-road, Route 1, passes between multiple 1000+ metre high mountains as it winds between Skagafjörður and Eyjafjörður in the north of #Iceland.

I particularly love this spot, dropping down into Öxnadalur from Krókárdalur, but I'd never seen the road picked out so clearly before.

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Glacial Motion

Svínafellsjökull ("Pig Mountain Glacier") in the midday sunshine, farm buildings at its foot lending scale.

The dark lobe near ground level at the snout is from a landslide - the glacier shrinkage has left the side walls dangerously unsupported, and the collapse is accelerating the melt of the ice beneath.

October, Hornafjörður in south-eastern #Iceland.

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"Northern Lights" //© Guilherme Mesquita

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Cloudy pillars of strong aurora, Berufjörður in eastern #Iceland.

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Sunset Moonrise

4pm and the sun is beginning to set in the west-southwest. The semi-frozen fjord waters are partly reflecting the cyan sky, and parts of the opposite bank are picking up the late sunlight.

February: Hrútafjörður in north-western #Iceland.

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Harbouring Good Feelings

Early afternoon in late October, and a few fishing boats are docked at the piers.

Seyðisfjörður in eastern #Iceland.

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Misty Distance

February: Looking across Barmahraun lava field towards Reyðarbarmur (652m/2140ft) and Kálfstindar (877m/2877ft), Bláskógabyggð in western #Iceland.

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"How green you are and fresh in this old world!"
- #ShakespeareSunday, King John

November: Aurora above Berufjörður in eastern #Iceland.

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Sunset Flight

February: A plane crosses Bláfjöll above a cloud bank painted pastel peach and orange by the setting sun.

Reykjanes peninsula in south-western #Iceland.

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Floating Islands

July: This is Hvalfjörður* in western #Iceland. What looks like an island in the fjord is actually a spit of land curving away from the viewpoint.

In the background is Skarðsheiði mountain range, with Skarðshyrna on the left.

* ≈𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝘧𝘺𝘰𝘳-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘳

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The Little Bridge

Traffic crosses the Andakílsá river towards the hills of Brekkufjall, with Skarðsheiði mountain range beyond.

August, Skorradalshreppur in western #Iceland.

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A drone picture shows lava spewing from the site of the volcanic eruption north of Grindavik, photographed from Sylingarfell, Iceland, December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Sigurdur Davidsson

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Lava oozes from a new fissure near Fagradalsfjall, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Image taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Cat Gundry-Beck

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Cloaked

September, and the vog from an eruption in a different part of #Iceland is causing some unusual atmospheric conditions around the island nation.
In this one, sunbeams are being intensified by the gaseous haze high above.

Hekla in Þjórsárdalur.

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"Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud;
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold:
So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Henry VI, Part II

Cloud gathers in Þverárdalur valley, at the foot of Tungufjall mountain in Skagafjörður, north-western #Iceland.

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Blue On Blue

February: The frozen surface of Héraðsvötn river reflecting the cold blue sky above.

Skagafjörður in north-eastern #Iceland.

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#WaterfallWednesday

A slightly different viewpoint today, this is the top of Goðafoss waterfall in Þingeyjarsveit, north-eastern #Iceland. Water from the Skjálfandafljót river falls from a height of ≈ 12m (40ft) over a width of ≈ 30m (100ft) in four separate drops.

This is a view from the west bank, overlooking the crest of all four.

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