iceland
"Land of Fire and Ice" perfectly describes Iceland because it's a volcanic island sitting near the Arctic Circle, featuring active volcanoes and glaciers, creating dramatic landscapes with hot springs, geysers, lava fields, and stunning ice caves, waterfalls, and black sand beaches, all due to its unique location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where tectonic plates meet.
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Northern Lights kirkjufell
Known as the Witches Hat, Kirkjufell mountain is probably the most photographed mountain in Iceland. running down to the base of the mountain is a river that often becomes freezon in winter, with the main feature being 2 waterfalls and the old road bridge. On this paticular day just before sunrise the Northern Lights put in a show.
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autumn colour kirkjufell
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crashed transporter Plane
On 21 November 1973, a Douglas C-117D transport aircraft operated by the United States Navy crashed onto Sólheimasandur sandy beachline in southern Iceland during severe icing conditions. All seven crewmembers on board survived but the aircraft was written off. Over ther years bits have been salvaged and now just the body shell stands alone, sometimes still in cold icey conditions as in the photo captured.
Vision
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Svartifoss
Svartifoss is a waterfall in Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland, and is one of the most popular sights in the park. It is surrounded by dark lava columns.
In winter with the intense cold the river freezes in the main and large icicels hang from the cliff edges.
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brimilsvellir church
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northern Liights
The green northern lights on display over Grundarfjörður a town in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, located in the west of Iceland.
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Hraungerði church
Hraungerði church, established in 1902, was designed by architect Eiríkur Gíslason from Bitra and is now preserved building. With the strom clouds building it stands defiant and strong.
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Sunset over crashed plane
The crashed American aircraft that lies broken on the Sólheimasandur upper sand Plateau in southern Iceland forms a great phtographic subect. At sunset the storm clouds rolloing in from the south produced a moody backdrop to the wrecked plane.
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Ice Beach
The Breiðamerkursandur Ice Diamond beach is by the breathtaking Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in southeast Iceland. Depending on the sea conditions and the time of year, the number and size of the Ice Lumps varies; often there are hundreds of ice chunks washed up on the black volcanis sands.