Iceland Photo Gallery - Weeks 7~8
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1 -
Bruggsmiðjan Micro-brewery
at Árskógssandur
2 -
Fishing boats at port of Dalvík
against mountainous backdrop
3
- Fishing boats and fisheries
support vessels at Dalvík harbour
4 -
Black-tailed Godwit
(
Limosa limosa
) at Svarfaðardalur
5
- Árskógssandur port backed by snow-capped Látraströnd mountains
6
- Hrísey ferry
M/V
Sævar
pulling
into Árskógssandur harbour
7
- Crossing from Árskógssandur to
Hrísey Island on ferry
M/V Sævar
8
- Hrísey's lupin-lined quayside
against snowy mainland mountains
9
- Volcanic dyke on Hrísey coast with snow-capped Látraströnd peaks
10
- Whimbrel (
Numenius phaeopus
)
feeding among scrub on Hrísey
11
- Unloading and crating today's
catch at Hrísey fishing harbour
12
- Ólafsfjörður viewed from the
port with its mountainous backdrop
13
- Fishing harbour at Ólafsfjörður
enclosed by surrounding mountains
14
- A wet night's camp at
Ólafsfjörður municipal campsite
15
- Approach to
Héðinsfjarðargöng Tunnels
16
- Siglufjörður Camping set in the
centre of town by the fishing dock
17
- Siglufjörður's fishing dock
looking across to centre of town
18
- Siglufjörður fishing harbour over-towered by cloud-covered mountains
19
- Decaying wooden piers of
Siglufjörður's former herring dock
20
- Long-line fishing boats
in Siglufjörður's fish dock
21
-
Strákagöng Tunnel 830m long
through the headland to Sauðanes
22
- Dunlin (
Calidris alpina
)
near to Höfðavatn mud-flats
23
- Snow Bunting (
Plectrophenax
nivalis
) on Þórðarhöfði boulder bank
24
- Hofsós harbour with Drangey
volcanic plug on skyline
25
- Hofsós Camping against backdrop
of Tröllskagi peaks and valleys
26
- Hofsós swimming pool with view
extending across fjord to mountains
27
- Grey basalt polygonal column
bases on fjord-side shingle at Hofsós
28
- Hofsá river tumbling down from
Tröllskagi mountains to the sea
29
- Hólar cathedral church set under
Hólabyrða mountain in Hjaltadalur
30
- Guðbrandur Þorláksson's 1584
Icelandic translation of Bible
31
-
Peaceful setting of Hólar
cathedral church in Hjaltadalur
32
- Turf-walled and roofed
farmstead at Glaumbær
33
- Gabled-frontage of Glaumbær
turf-walled farmstead complex
34
- External turf block walls
of Glaumbær farmstead
35
- Turf block wall and building
construction at Glaumbær
36
- Storage pantry for conserved
foodstuffs at Glaumbær farmstead
37
-
Baðstofa
living and sleeping space
at Glaumbær turf-walled farmstead
38
- Víðimýri turf-walled chapel
near to Varmahlíð
39
- Breakfast in the arboreal
setting of Varmahlíð Camping
40
- Fishing harbour
at Sauðárkrókur
41
- Sauðárkrókur fish-drying frames
now empty and abandoned
42
- Boats moored at the quay
of Skagaströnd fishing harbour
43
- Greylag Geese and goslings on
banks of Blanda river at Blönduós
44
- Þingeyrar church in the
isolated farmlands of Húnafjörður
45
- Icelandic horses grazing
Húnafjörður pastures at Þingeyrar
46
- Lupins growing along the
Víðidalsá estuary at Húnafjörður
47
- Kolufossar waterfalls
and Kolugljúfur Canyon
48
- Kolugljúfur Canyon
49
- Víðidalsá dropping
over Kolufossar waterfalls
50
- The depths of the
Kolugljúfur Canyon
51
- A sunny evening at
Hvammstangi Camping
52
- Hvammstangi fishing harbour
53
- Oystercatcher with chick
at Gálmaströnd wild beach
54
- Oystercatcher with juvenile young
wading at Gálmaströnd wild beach
55
- Breakfast on a sunny morning
at Hólmavík Camping
56
- Hólmavík fishing harbour
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