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Blue Hour Harbour

November, 5pm: The lights of Djúpivogur docks create a highlight in an otherwise darkening scene.
Djúpavogshreppur in eastern #Iceland, with the mountains of Berufjörður beyond.

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#SilentSunday

"Lord, how mine eyes throw gazes to the east!
My heart doth charge the watch; the morning rise
Doth cite each moving sense from idle rest.
Not daring trust the office of mine eyes"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Passionate Pilgrim

November: Sunrise casts lovely pastel colour across Kaldakinn mountains to the west of Húsavík, north-eastern #Iceland.

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In Summer And In Winter

Whatever the weather or season, this beautiful waterfall is simply breath-taking.

Gullfoss, the "Golden Falls," in Bláskógabyggð, south-western Highlands of #Iceland.

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August: A wide river flowing towards the viewer and through pasture land drops dramatically over a jumble of rocks and into the top of a canyon. A natural platform of solid rock is jutting into the side of the falls, and people can be seen standing on it. The swift waters then turn through 90° before dropping into the lower part of the canyon which is hidden from sight at this viewing angle. A stub of dark rock is almost central at the crest of the lower falls. On the left is a path leading to the platform and people are walking up or down.
March: The same river and waterfall but, in this photo, the scene is covered in ice and snow. The upper platform is still visible but now nobody is standing there, as the path is actually closed. Areas of the riverbank and canyon where the spray from the drops was most dense are now choked with ice in beautiful formations. At the top falls, icicles like organ pipes have formed, almost filling the space between the falls and the riverbank. Opposite the lower drop, a huge block of snow-covered ice cornice has formed, jutting over the lip of the canyon.
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Red Roof

Farm buildings in the winter sunshine, standing in a snow field, sitting on the banks of a fjord with mountain shadows looming behind.

Ólafsfjörður in north-eastern #Iceland.

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Seasonal Sentinels

November, September, and February. Three shots of the same mountains, three different moods.

These memorable peaks are visible from the main ringroad (route 1) and I snapped them during different visits, years apart.

Akrafjall (1151m) and Sólheimafjall (1171m) in Blönduhlíðarfjöll near Varmahlíð in Skagafjörður, north-western #Iceland.

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Two stately mountains, lit from behind the viewpoint. The wide peaks are almost horizontal, and their flanks are softly curved displaying their glacial origin. To reinforce this, a glacier has cut between them at some time before disappearing, and has left a scooped valley at almost the central point. In this shot, their sides are mostly snow-covered with dark rock showing through where the wind has scoured the ice away. The rest of the landscape around is snowy and frozen. The sky is almost completely full of snow cloud, solid and yellow-grey. Two photographers are visible in the foreground with their backs to the viewer.
The same two mountains, taken from slightly nearer than the first shot. This time the ground is free from snow and is covered in golden vegetation, suggesting autumn. The lower slopes of the two mountains are touched by sunlight from the right, and clouds have created shadow across the flat tops of the peaks. The bare rock is dark grey, and a sprinkle of snow is visible on the tops. The sky is cloudy again but with some clearer patches.
The two mountains again, this time taken from the tarmac road leading towards them. The peaks have more snow across them, but some dark rock is still visible and the shadows show that the light is from the right. The curved valley between them is much clearer in this shot. It has a river cutting through from the base of the valley and into the foreground on the right. The roadsides are brown vegetation with some farm animals - probably horses - grazing in a field on the left. The sky is clear cyan until just above the mountain tops, where some cloud is sitting.
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Midnight Sun

"Sing, siren, for thyself and I will dote:
Spread o'er the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bed I'll take them, and there lie"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Comedy of Errors

July, 9:30pm: Looking north across Breidafjördur.

The sky didn't fully darken while we were there, it turned to a lovely, silvery twilight. Blue sky or Blue Hour, there wasn't much between.

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Home Of The Winds

February, and a farm nestles at the foot of Hlíðarfjall. This 1116m/3660ft high mountain is better known from the other side as it stands above Akureyri, and contains the ski slopes.

Vindheimar in Þelamörk, north-eastern #Iceland.

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Touch The Sky

A stormy morning drive through the valley, the lowering sky looming closely overhead.

Skáldstaðafjall (1029m) in Eyjafjarðarsveit, north-eastern #Iceland.

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Horses On A Hill

Iceland in February, very beautiful but with unpredictable weather. We never travel without a change of warm and dry clothes, plenty of water and a high calorie snack. This was the tail-end of a strong wind storm, and we were glad to see it finish.

Vatnsdalsfjall (882m) in Húnavatnshreppur, north-western #Iceland.

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#SilentSunday

"His qualities were beauteous as his form,
For maiden-tongued he was, and thereof free;
Yet, if men moved him, was he such a storm
As oft 'twixt May and April is to see,
When winds breathe sweet, untidy though they be."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Lover's Complaint

A sparsely inhabited fjord on a still summer's day.

Kollafjörður, Reykhólahreppur, Westfjords of NW #Iceland.

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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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