The AARoads Blog

Let us look at some Iceland photos from the fourth day, and even the unofficial fifth, as that was basically one morning of photos, and the rest of the time spent blazing our way back to the airport.

A reflecting lake on a foggy morning.

Blue skies, white clouds.

High clouds with the fisheye lens.

Sunset. The majestic body of water in the foreground is nothing but a small stream whose primary purpose is to provide sheep with water. As I took the sunset photos, there were sheep bleating about sixty feet away!

A waterfall, from the morning of the last day of our trip.

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more photos from Iceland – here is the third day, including the legendary Puffin Road!

Eighteen percent? That’s nothing – try 43% later in the day!

Infinite regression of sheep.

Strange tower at sunset.

Behold the northern lights. From on top of a mountain pass, with a terrifying opaque fog creeping up behind us – we outraced it, and we got this perfect view!

Green rainbow.

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The second day of Iceland photos, from September of 2008.

This is why they call it Iceland. Jökulsárlón – a glacial lake, with bits of glacier always breaking off and floating into the sea. This is the first thing in the morning.

Clouds above Jökulsárlón, in the first rays of dawn.

Dettifoss – the biggest waterfall in Europe!

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now for some actual Iceland, after Daniel Brim and I landed… here’s Iceland day 1.

this turns out to be the least exciting day, as far as pictures go, but hey you get to hear about how we got the door nearly blown off the rental car.

Wait, you did what!!??

Yeap, the wind in the Iceland, it’s something to behold. Must have been a constant 100 mph… I needed to do the biological function that should not be done into the wind so I opened the car door, and wham!, it gets ripped out of my hand and blown completely backwards against the fender… there is entertainment value to be found in driving another three thousand kilometers on a door that didn’t close all the way!

Less containing of entertainment value is how much the dang rental ended up costing us. Let’s not think about that. Let’s just look at some pictures.

Hooray for geothermal activity. Iceland is basically a giant pile of volcanoes.

The waterfall Gullfoss. In infrared – for both the strange colors, and more importantly the long-exposure waves.

An ancient farmhouse. I do mean ancient – it may very well date back to the 17th century. Note the ominous, fog-shrouded, sharp cliffs.

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