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World Photography Day
Read more: World Photography DayOn the occasion of today’s Wold Photography Day I’d like to publish a shot from my favorite photography place: Iceland. Here the moss at the Reykjanes Peninsula.
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Happy Holidays!
Read more: Happy Holidays!Wishing all visitors of my blog and website Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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Askja Volcano – 2 Lakes in a Caldera
Read more: Askja Volcano – 2 Lakes in a CalderaIt’s quite a ride to get to Askja. 3 hours by car (real SUV with significant clearance required) and 40 min. walk through the caldera: Here and there a bit of snow and where it’s gone the ground is warm – so you know that you are on a volcano. Once you reach the Viti…
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Puffins – funny inhabitants of the Látrabjarg cliff … and other birds
Read more: Puffins – funny inhabitants of the Látrabjarg cliff … and other birdsSure, one has to see them: The Puffins. And not just the plush versions one can buy in any gift shop in Iceland. The real ones. While from August to April they live on the sea, during breeding season they visit the cliffs of the nothern Atlantic Ocean as well as the Arctic Ocean.
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Iceland’s waterfalls – My top 20
Read more: Iceland’s waterfalls – My top 20Iceland is full of waterfalls. Here is my top 20. Let’s go clockwise around the country, starting in the north with the Aldeyjarfoss which is located about 40 km from the ring-road no. 1 towards the highlands.
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Laki – The brutal force of nature
Read more: Laki – The brutal force of nature“Around midmorn on whitsun, June 8th of 1783, in clear and calm weather, a black haze of sand appeard to the north of the mountains nearest the farms of the Siða area. The cloud was so extensive that in a short time it had spread over the entire Siða area (…), and so thick that…