Vatnajökull

Shot for the Day (27 September 2016)

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I have visited Iceland a few times.  This was from my most recent trip there, when I cycled round the island.  This was one of the rare days when it did not rain.  I was around 300km east of Reykjavik when I took this shot.  The wind was with me that day and I covered over 100 miles.

This next shot was a couple of days out of Egilsstaðir, close to Hoffell if I recall correctly.  Just a mile or two away from the road where I was cycling, was this the view I was treated to, of a glacier positioned on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park.

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Shot for the Day (22 September 2016)

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A few years ago, I was out in Iceland just before Christmas, in search of the aurora borealis.  Iceland sits just beneath the Arctic Circle but still enjoys some spectacular natural winter light shows.  However, on this occasion, I was not fortunate enough to see one.

Instead, I journeyed to Vatnajökull, the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland in this pimped out LandRover. We were high on the glacier when I took this shot and in the midst of total whiteout.  Our driver recommended that we did not venture more than 5m from the truck else we might be lost forever in the Icelandic winter wilderness.  It was well below zero and short term exposure would be enough to cause anyone serious issues.

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The following day, I headed to the famous Blue Lagoon.  You can see the sun creeping over the mountain in the background.  It was close to midday when I took this shot to put the daylight hours in perspective.