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January 2002
Tjarnarhnúkur,
an extinct crater bordering the Thingvellir National Park.
The crater is 13,000 years old.
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July 2002
The
whopper swan is the largest bird in Iceland. Here a couple
is promenading with the chicks in wetlands south of the
Vatnajökull Ice Cap.
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February 2002
An
ice cave in the Eyjabakkajokull outlet glacier, Vatnajökull
Ice Cap. The solitary guests stand on thin ice on a flowing
glacial river.
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August 2002
Dettifoss
is the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The average summer
discharge may amount to 600 tons of water falling each second
over a 45-metre-high cliff.
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March 2002
Iceland
has some of the purest water in the world. Here at Hvannalindr,
the heaviest frost only manages to create a thin cover of
ice on the lively springs.
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September 2002
What
a great way to travel, far away from the crowds. A kajaker
in Hornafjordur in the autumn evening sun.
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April 2002
The
1998-eruption of Grímsvötn in the Vatnajökull
Ice Cap blasted a 500-metre-wide cauldron in the ice. Note
tha human on the edge. You will, however, not note that
the gentleman is only wearing his underwear. The place is
really a warm one.
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October 2002
Thorsteinsskali
is a small Touring Club hut in the oasis of Herdubreidarlindir,
Mt Herdubreid, the Queen of the Mountains, rises in the
background; one of the huge subglacial Ice Age volcanoes
of Iceland, 1.768 m above sea level.
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May 2002
A
small, lonely fishing boat in the midnight sun in the bay
of Skjalfandi, Northern Iceland. The North Pole is 6,500
km away, exactly beneath the sun.
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Nóvember 2002
A
flock of reindeers in Eastern Iceland, close to the Vatnajökull
Ice Cap. The reindeers were originally imported from Noway
in the late 18th century and thrive in Iceland.
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June 2002
A
fulmar flying and reflected in the calm waters of Reydarfjordur,
Eastern Iceland; one of the deep fjords in the old, volanic
inactive parts of Iceland
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December 2002
The
Althing, the long-standing parliamnet of Iceland is housed
in a picturesque building made of Icelandic stone (1888)
in the centre of Reykjavík.
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