convoy
Old road in SE Iceland
The convoy travels on the old dirt track road round the island
Skaftafellsjokull
South Iceland
The glacier falls from the Vatnajokull icecap and ends in a glacial lake which
bubbles as it fills with water from below.
heavy water
Dettifoss, N Iceland
Melt water swells the river each day and it falls heavily over the edge of a
large basalt lava flow raising clouds of spray.
imbricate river
Thorisdalur, SE Iceland
The network of channels have no vegitation to contain them. The water is low in
the morning but by afternoon it is hard to cross, following the melting of the
icecap.
river of glass
Landmannalaugur, SW Iceland
Black glassy obsidian and felsites have crystallized very rapidly in a recent
acidic lava flow Naamshraun, which erupted from the ash mountain of
Brennisteinsalda.
storm
Llandmannalaugur, SE Iceland
People are hurrying to put up small tents and weight them down with boulders
before the storm strikes. There are high winds as well as torrential rain in
Iceland.
clouds
Southern Iceland
In the rain, clouds like cotton wool line the edge of the glacial valley.
moraines
Fjnoska, W Iceland
A glacial river, Fjnoska makes its way through the moraines, where piles of mixed rocks
dumped by a glacier. The elegant bridge curves like the moraines.
crater
Landmannalaugur, SW Iceland
Craters of all sizes are found in this active explosive volcanic territory.
rainbow
Landmannalaugur, SW Iceland
A low angled rainbow crosses the valley in the afternoon due to the latitude of
Iceland. Blahnukur, a perlite mountain with outcrops of black glassy obsidian is
behind.
dyke
Near Thorisdalur, SE Iceland
Magma has intruded ash from previous volcanoes, the ash has then eroded away
leaving the dyke as an upstanding undulating high wall.
black ice
Hofelsjokull, SE Iceland
Ash from the
southerly volcanoes fall onto this glacier. As the ice melts successive ash
deposits from different eruptions are exposed with the ice becoming much darker
towards the snout. Weird patterns are seen.
sunbathing
Skastafelsjokul, SE Iceland
Icelanders sunbathing on the hard rocky ground.