Iceland Photo Gallery - Weeks 9~10
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1 -
Basking Harbour Seal at Hvítanes
on Skötufjörður fjord-side
2 -
Súðávík church against backdrop
of Hornstrandir's distant mountains
3
- Súðávík fishing harbour and
snow-covered Hornstrandir
4 -
Súðárvíkurfjall's mountain face
towering above Súðárvík village
5
- Iceland's largest native carnivore
at Súðávík Arctic Fox Centre
6
- Súðávík Camping over-towered
by avalanche-prone mountains
7
- Vista across width of
Ísafjarðardjúp from Arnarnes Point
8
- Mountain-enclosed Ísafjörður
nestled in Skutulsfjörður
9
- Ísafjörður's airfield set on re-
claimed land alongside Skutulsfjörður
10
- Sculpted corrie over-topping
Ísafjörður's fishing port
11
- Ísafjörður's fishing port
with its mountainous back-drop
12
- Ísafjörður's town square,
surrounded by towering mountains
13
- Ísafjörður's unique setting,
enclosed by mountains on 3 sides
14
- Ísafjörður's modernistic
parish church
15
- Bolungarvík village across bay
from Óshlíð old coast road
16
- Bolungarvík fishing harbour
and Hornstrandir mountains
17
- Hoisting today's catch from
fishing boat hold at Bolungarvík
18
- Unloaded fish being crated up
for processing at Bolungarvík
19
- Suðureyri fishing harbour
near the mouth of Súgandafjörður
20
- Flateyri Camping under village
avalanche protection bund
21
- Flateyri village built on land-
spit extending into Önundarfjörður
22
- Skrúðor Fell Gardens at Núpur
in Dýrafjörður with whale-bone arch
23
- Núpur Guest-House/Camping
in Dýrafjörður
24
- Hrafnseyri at Arnarfjörður,
birthplace of Jón Sigurðsson
25
- Snipe (
Gallinago gallinago
)
at Arnarfjörður
26
- Approach road to
Dynjandi waterfalls
27
Dynjandi waterfalls dropping over Dynjandisheiði escarpment -
28
- Main upper 'lacy curtains'
cascade of Dynjandi waterfalls
29
- Middle falls and upper main
cascade of Dynjandi waterfalls
30
- Dynjandi middle waterfalls
dropping into gully
31
- Alpine Bistort (
Bistorta
vivipara
) growing at Dynjandi
32
- Heath Spotted Orchid
(
Dactylorhiza maculata
)
33
- Perfect symmetry of Dynjandi
waterfalls upper cascade
34
- Wild camp at
Dynjandi waterfalls
35
- River flowing over escarpment
edge at head of Dynjndi falls
36
- Hose-brushing to remove
accumulated dirt road mud
37
- Patreksfjörður
fishing harbour
38
- Isolated port-village of
Bíldudalur on coast of Arnarfjörður
39
- Tálknafjörður Camping
on a wet, misty day
40
- 64.5º west, the westernmost
point of Europe at Látrabjarg Cliffs
41
- 300~400m high
Látrabjarg cliffs
42
- Photographing the puffins
of Látrabjarg cliffs
43
- Mother Kittiwake and growing
chicks on Látrabjarg bird cliffs
44
- Brünnichs Guillemots and
Kittiwake chicks at Látrabjarg
45
- Atlantic Puffins on
Látrabjarg cliffs
46
- Puffins on Látrabjarg cliffs
sheltering from forceful wind
47
- Puffin perched on Látrabjarg
cliff edge facing forceful wind
48
- Atlantic Puffin perched
on Látrabjarg cliff edge
49
- Reykhólar Camping, and
warming sunshine to dry out wet kit
50
- Breakfast at
Reykhólar Camping
51
- Northern Green Orchid
(
Platanthera hyperborea
)
52
- Whimbrel (
Numenius phaeopus
)
on Reykhólar moorland
53
- Golden Plover (
Pluvialis
apricaria
) on Reykhólar moorland
54
- Ringed Plover (
Charadrius
hiaticula
) on Reykhólar moorland
55
- Geothermal hot spring
on Reykhólar moorland
56
- Whimbrel (
Numenius phaeopus
)
on Reykhólar moorland
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