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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
#SaturdayScenery #Iceland2025 #Seascape #Photography #HumpbackWhale
50 years ago, 90% of Iceland's women went on strike to protest the gender pay gap. 25,000 gathered in the center of Reykjavík — a remarkable turnout given that the country's population was less than 220,000 at the time. Their efforts worked: The world's first female elected president took office five years later, and with successive strikes over the subsequent decades, the gender pay gap has been closed by more than 90%. But President Halla Tómasdóttir says there's still work to be done. Here's more from The Week.
#Iceland #History #histodons #Europe #Culture #Women #WomensRights #GenderPayGap
Aurorae, runner-up: Celestial Arch by Luis Vilariño
This image shows an intense aurora, forming an immense arc that spans more than 180 degrees. The gigantic and perfect green neon sign illuminates the entire sky in Iceland last December.
#astrophotography
#aurora
#Iceland
Here's a puffin to make your Monday a little better.
#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Puffin #Iceland #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife
"Those lines that I before have writ do lie,
Even those that said I could not love you dearer:
Yet then my judgment knew no reason why
My most full flame should afterwards burn clearer."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Sonnet 115
#Aurora pillars, green at the base and topped with red and purple, hundreds of miles high.
Green = Monatomic oxygen
Red = Diatomic nitrogen
Þóroddstaðarkirkja¹ in north-eastern #Iceland.
¹ 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙬-𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢-𝘬𝘳𝘳𝘬-𝘺𝘢
#SilentSunday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
They stopped cleaning and cooking; stopped doing laundry and stopped looking after their children. They’d had enough. The sudden work stoppage—which dramatically called attention to women’s demand for equal pay for paid work as well as for recognition for unpaid labor—reverberated around the world. Today it has smallest #gender #paygap in the world, with some of the world’s toughest equal pay #laws.
thepersistent.com/50-years-ice…
Marking 50 Years Since Iceland's Women Went on Strike
They stopped cleaning and cooking; they stopped doing laundry and they stopped looking after their children. They’d had enough.Claire Cozens (The Persistent)
What is the absolute worst thing human beings have enabled in the modern era?
No, no, forget the usual topics
It is this:
😱 🦟
"#Mosquitoes have arrived in #Iceland
Three #mosquitos were found in Kjós recently. This has been confirmed by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. This is the first time that the flies have been found on Icelandic soil."
ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-10…
#Mosquito #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Environment #Biology #Science #Ísland
Moskítóflugur komnar til Íslands - RÚV.is
Þrjár moskítóflugur fundust í Kjós á dögunum. Þetta staðfestir Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands. Þetta er í fyrsta sinn sem flugurnar finnast á íslenskri grundu.RÚV
Bow Down
Low sun behind us and a rain shower ahead combined to bring us this beauty.
September: Litlibær seal lookout at Hvítanes skerries in Súðavíkurhreppur¹, Westfjords of #Iceland.
¹ 𝙎𝙤𝙤-𝘵𝘩𝘢-𝘷𝘦𝘦-𝘬𝘳𝘳-𝘩𝘳𝘦-𝘱𝘳𝘳
#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography
Garlanded
A grey and drizzly morning in Ísafjörður.
The thinning clouds are lying along the mountains' contours in damp drapes.
Bunárfoss is near the centre.
Vestfirðir, #Iceland.
Wide shot, please open to view in full.
#FoggyFriday #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography
On Reflection
September 22nd, Önundarfjörður Pier (Holt í Önundarfirði) in the Westfjords of #Iceland.
#TravelThursday #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography
Growing Green
We chose a safe, off-road parking spot to observe the #aurora. As I began to photograph, a car approached from behind us and lit the tree beside me.
The result was almost the same shape as the developing aurora.
The yellowish glow on the horizon is a group of farms beyond the hill.
September 27th 2025, #Iceland.
Canon Powershot G3 X, f/2.8, ISO-800, 15 sec. exposure.
#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #LandscapePhotography #AstroPhotography #Astrodon
