Date(s): August 7-10, 2011. Album by David Clement. 1 - 86 of 86 Total. 63 Visits.
1 my bed at Bolti Guesthouse in Skaftafell National Park
2 Svartifoss
3 Svartifoss up close - the hexagonal lava columns were formed inside a lava flow which cooled extremely slowly and crystallized
4 Sel
5 Falljökull with the Glacier Guides group
6 a moulin
7 larger moulin
8 me and our group
9 Justin and our group
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11 blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, squeezing out air bubbles that are trapped in the ice, increasing the size of the ice crystals, making the ice clear
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13 Justin in a cave with our guide Danni watching
14 Danni's ice axe in the cave telling us where to stop
15 all the way in the cave
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17 on the way down; the ash is from the eruption of nearby Grímsvötn in May (which caused cancellation of some flights in Germany just before I flew to Berlin)
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20 it can take decades for moss to grow on both sides of these rocks; it is the only life on the glacier
21 Bear Grylls would jump in this to show us how to get out
22 leaving the glacier
23 Jökulsárlón, the largest lake in Iceland, also the second deepest at 200m
24 at the head of Breiðamerkurjökull; the lake keeps getting bigger as the glacier melts
63 Doddi, back at the stream we passed on the way up
64 almost down
65 Hvannadalshnúkur viewed from Bolti
66 view from Bolti
67 Bolti
68 on our third night here we had to sleep in a six person dorm
69 Svartifoss again, sunny this time
70 on a hike to Sjonarnipa; this is Hvannadalshnúkur
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72 at Sjonarnipa - great view of Skaftafellsjökull
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74 panoramic shot of Skaftafellsjökull and Hvannadalshnúkur
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77 Skaftafellsjökull is a tongue of the larger Vatnajökull ice cap
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81 Hundafoss
82 Magnusarfoss
83 Reynisdrangar - basalt sea stacks near Vík í Mýrdal; legend says that the stacks originated when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock
