Saturday, November 30, 2024

Iceland Continued -- Another Day, Another Photo Dump

 

Actual trees. Lots of birds chirping from this little clump of habitat.



Might be easier to see the crack here.

Basalt. Here we are literally standing in the rift, the crack between the European and North American continental plates.

Lake reflections

In Florida or our part of Maryland the concept of geology isn’t obvious; it’s mostly flat and covered by trees. But here as in Colorado, you can’t NOT think about how the landscapes got that way.



Lake in a volcano crater. Huge and deep.

We’ve seen bigger geysers in Yellowstone, and bigger waterfalls in Niagara, but we haven’t seen them so close together as here — only about 15 minutes drive apart!



Geysir the place, where our word “geyser” apparently comes from.

The sun came out during the afternoon and the vibe of the landscape changed completely for us.

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