Landmannalaugar, Iceland by Xindaan Very difficult to convey in one picture, but the one single thing next to the glacier lagoons that impressed me the most about Iceland’s wonderful nature are the mountains consisting of rhyolite or liparite, which you can find in several places, but in a very concentrated form at Landmannalaugar. If you ever get to Iceland (if you live there, you know it anywaY), get a 4WD car and head there, you will not ever regret it.

The colors you see there are just otherwordly. That’s why I chose this picture instead of a panorama shot, because the focus are the colours. This is no editing, nothing, that’s how it looks like. All around.

The highland road (we went on the F208) just opened a few days before we got there, so it was still quite empty, resulting in a great round trip hike, passing Brennisteinsalda, the “burning mountain”, a name not that far away from the truth.

I chose my Nikkor 16-85/3.5-5.6 at 65mm, f8 for this shot for optimum optical quality. The picture then got put into square format, which I found quite fitting for this scenery.

If you are interested, feel free to check out my whole Iceland set at my homepage, or rather the current state it is in. My favorites from there will get here onto flickr. Yes, I take proposals. 🙂

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Skógafoss, Iceland by pas le matin
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Skógafoss est une impressionnante cascade d’Islande mais aussi un départ de randonnées. Si on remonte la rivière il n’y a presque plus de touristes et une multitude de cascades plus petites mais toutes aussi jolies.

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Skógafoss is an impressive waterfall of Iceland but also the starting point of hiking paths. If you go up the river there are almost no tourists and there are a many waterfalls, smaller but very beautiful. http://flic.kr/p/8Uizee

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Iceland – Landmannalaugar by Mathieu Noel © mathieu noël http://flic.kr/p/8yHEr5

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Hólmsberg lighthouse II by Kjartan Guðmundur http://flic.kr/p/jX2kse

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Supermoon at dawn by Bob Gundersen Skálholt – site of early Iceland culture – is still a magical place, as this image attests.
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Northern Lights by Erik-Jan Vens (definitely not active) Aurora borealis, the northern lights, here seen above the cabins in Bjarkarlundur. Picture taken from the hand, without a tripod. http://flic.kr/p/auhRqV

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Aurora Borealis + Milky Way by barfastic Got this, just off the road north of a little village named, Vik (Iceland)

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Driving me wild. by Kjartan Guðmundur Car light trails. http://flic.kr/p/srLD4A

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Iceberg au Jokulsarlon by Hervé D. http://flic.kr/p/pEfrBg

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Seljalandsfoss by Agnar Daníelsson Seljalandsfoss is one of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland. It is very picturesque and therefore its photo can be found in many books and calendars. It was a waypoint during the first leg of The Amazing Race 6.
Seljalandsfoss is situated in between Selfoss and Skógafoss at the road crossing of Route 1 (the Ring Road) with the track going into Þórsmörk.
This waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline. It is possible to go behind the waterfall.
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