The shopping area in Reykjavik. at the top of the street is the Hallgrimskirkja, a Luthern Church standing 244 feet  high.

It is amooung the tallest building in Iceland.

Hallgrimskirkja

Our driver and guide, Oli.  Not only was he knowledgeable he is an outstanding photographer.

Hraunfossar  Falls- a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 1200 feet.

Hraunfossar  Falls

Tom standing in front of our bus.  Basically a bus shell attached to a flatbed truck.  No suspension!

Home for two nights on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula.

Kirkjufellfoss Falls - rainy and a poor sunset but a beautiful site.

Kirkjufellfoss Falls

The Black Church  is black because the exterior wood is painted with pitch, just like the hull of a boat. This is to protect it from the harsh Icelandic elements. This works fairly well and buildings treated in this way have survived over 100 years.

Cemetery next to the Black Church.

Surrounding the Black Church is a Lava field loaded with Wild Flowers as far as the eye can see.

Gatklettur Arch along the Snæfellsnes peninsula.

An Arctic Tern diving at Serena because she was getting too close to the Tern's nest.

Arctic Terns diving at Serena because she was getting too close to their nesting area.

Arnarstapi fishing village at the foot of Mt. Stapafell Snæfellsnes

Londrangar Cliffs on Snaefellsness Peninsula

Reflections in a pond close to midnight

The countryside on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula

Hvítserkur is a 50 foot high rock rising from the Gulf of Húnaflói in northern Iceland. It resembles a drinking dinosaur. During low tide you can actually walk it.  This shot was taken around 11:00 at night.  Again with poor lighting.

This iPhone image shows the rock formation from about half a mile away.

Kolufoss  Falls

Kolufoss  Falls

Kolufoss  Falls

Tom at Kolufoss  Falls

Gullfoss Waterfall

Gullfoss Waterfall

Gullfoss Waterfall

 Pipelines bring boiling hot water to from boreholes to the power plants throughout Iceland

 Pipelines bring boiling hot water to from boreholes to the power plants near Lake Myvatn

Boiliing mud at Hverir hot-springs

Hverir hot-springs

Dettifoss - said to be the most powerfull waterfall in Europe.

Dettifoss -  The source is the nearby Vatnajökull glacier, whose sediment-rich runoff colors the water a greyish white.

Lake Mývatn is a volcanic lake in northern Iceland and is the site for the filming of the Game of Thrones "beyond the ice wall" segments.

An un-named waterfall on the road leading into Djúpivogur on the east coast of Iceland.

Djúpivogur Harbor  -  home for the night.

Djúpivogur Harbor

These granite eggs by artist Sigurður Guðmundsson are to scale and honor the 34 species of bird that nest in the eastern region of Iceland.

Djúpivogur lighthouse

The outside of the museum next to our hotel at Vatnajokull was made to look like a book shelf..

Jökulsárlon Glacial Lagoon - Icebergs breakoff from the Glacier due to the rising and falling of the ocean tide.

Jökulsárlon Glacial Lagoon - The icebergs flow out to sea on the receding tide and clog up the river.

Geese marching past us

Sunset at Jökulsárlon Glacial Lagoon

Jökulsárlon Glacial Lagoon at sunset

This is the same iceberg shown on the previous page but taken 10 minutes later.  The light is always changing.

The lagoon empties into the river with the outgoing tide.

Eventually the icebergs break up and flow into the Atlantic.

As the congestion increases so does the velocity of the water

Eventually many of the icebergs are washed ashore looking like crystal sculptures.

A dramatic setting on the jet black sand.

Jökulsárlon black sand beach - Icebergs being washed ashore

If only we had the sunrise lighting these sculptures

A sod covered church afforded us a bathroom break.

Too bad they were just getting ready to paint it.

The scaffolding does nothing for the church.

Another iceberg from another glacier.

I didn't catch the name of this Glacier.  Jökulsárlon is a tough act to follow.

Fjaðrárgljúfur  Canyon

Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon

The falls at Fjaðrárgljúfur  Canyon

Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated off the black sand beach near the village Vík

Basalt columns on the Black Sand Beach near Vik, Iceland.

Basalt columns on the Black Sand Beach near Vik, Iceland.

Basalt columns on the Black Sand Beach near Vik, Iceland.

This is the "sand"?

Basalt columns on the Black Sand Beach near Vik, Iceland.

Skogafoss Waterfall

Skogafoss Waterfall.  It's proximity to Reykjavik makes it a very popular location. Climbing up the hill was not in the cards today!

Avoiding the crowds meant either walking up to the falls and getting wet or wading out into the river.

Balance issues and water don't make for a happy camper but Frank and Doug rose to the challenge.

They got the shot!

Skogafoss Waterfall

Icelandic Horse

A shed built into the ground....probably for storing food.

Seljalandsfoss Waterfall

This water fall is unique in that it allows you to shoot through it from behind. That is the shot to get but for another time.

Our group.  A great group  of very talented photographers led by our leader Doug Steakley (in the yellow hat)