The Breidarlon glacier lake with Fjallsjökull glacier. High above
the Hvannadalshnjukur, with 2119 m Iceland highest mountain.
Jökulsarlon glacier lake at the tongue of the Breidamerkurjökull
glacier, a large tongue of the Vatnajökull ice cap.
Behind
the pole regions the
Vatnajökull glacier is one of the world-wide largest ‘ice
cap’.
Left: Gullfoss, mentioned as the “golden cascade” because of its
often existing rainbow. The Hvita cascade falls down in two stages
32m deep into a Canyon Right: Flaajökull, a Southeast tongue of the
Vatnajökull (meaning: water glaciers).
Gullfoss
Hekla
(means in engl.
hood)
is a
combination between a rift-
and a central-
volcano
belonging to a
40
km rift which often shows violent activities.
In former times the eruptions brought panic and agony over the population again
and again.
Left:
Reynisdrangar - pre-aged basalt pillars/teeth at the south point of
Iceland. The Legend says: The trolls, which were too late on the way
were petrified at this place by the sunlight. Right:Flying day –
troll (photo
rarity!)
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