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Travel Pictures - ICELAND - 1999 |
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The skyline of Iceland's capital
city is dominated by the 230-foot tower of Hallgrimskirkja Church, which
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to resemble volcanic basalt columns - Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Colorful view from
Hallgrimskirkja Church - Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Fellow travelers standing
adjacent to a
fault in the earth's crust - Pingvellir N.P., Iceland |
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| Lush dairy farm with one of
Iceland's four icecaps looming on the horizon - southeast Iceland |
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| Icelandic ponies are beautiful
and sociable - southeast Iceland |
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| "Brunettes have more
fun" - southeast Iceland |
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| Strokkur Geyser erupting beyond a
crystal-clear pool of scalding water - southeast Iceland |
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| Glacial melt feeds this milky
torrent - Gullfoss Falls, Iceland |
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| Icelandic girl saying hello to
the Tennessean - Eyrarbakki, Iceland |
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Icelandic professor, his dog, and
his Canadian assistant; I sat in the backseat with the dog! -
Seljalandsfoss, Iceland |
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| This is not a tropical scene from
Hawaii - Skogafoss, Iceland |
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View from Skogafoss toward the
Dyrhoaey arch that is just visible on the horizon -
southeast Iceland |
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| A stunt pilot is said to have
flown through this sea arch - Dyrholaey, Iceland |
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| The Myrdalsjokull ice cap is
Iceland's fourth largest - near Vic,
Iceland |
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| Sod-roofed homes provided good
insulation to combat the severe climate - Nupsstadur, Iceland |
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Hospitable German couple who gave
me a lift -
St. Nicholas Church, Nupsstadur, Iceland |
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Moss-covered lava and a farmhouse
designed for nuclear winters (Iceland's highest peaks rise in the
distance) -
near Nupsstadur, Iceland |
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Iceland's tallest peaks act like
a dam to hold back the Vatnajokull icecap, which is up to 3,500 feet
thick! -
Skaftafell N.P., Iceland |
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| The Skaftafell Glacier flows out
of Iceland's largest icecap, Vatnajokull - Skaftafell N.P., Iceland |
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Icelandic girl testing the icy
water with her "foot-ometer"; the unusual features are basalt formations
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Svartifoss; Skaftafell N.P.,
Iceland |
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This region in
north-central Iceland has many volcanic and geothermal features including
the volcano Hverfell (upper left)
and the lava flows (foreground) that threatened the
town in 1729 - Reykjahlid, Iceland |
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When the lava flows came plowing
through town on August 27, 1729, it destroyed farms and buildings
but spared this wooden church - Reykjahlid, Iceland |
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This fissure is hard evidence
that the earth's crust is splitting through the middle of Iceland
(Hverfell Crater in distance) - Grjotagja; Myvatn, Iceland |
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Tourists strolling through the
fantastic "black castle" lava formations -
Dimmuborgir; Myvatn,
Iceland |
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North-central Iceland's largest
city has a pleasant micro-climate with the most summer sunshine on the
island -
Akureyri, Iceland |
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Because of the midnight sun, this
sunset lasted for several hours! -
Myvatn, Iceland |
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