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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