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ICELAND 2012

In 2012 I travled to Iceland with one of my best friends, Andrew. We decided to visit largely on a whim: flights were inexpenive; we knew people there; it wasn't too far away. We expected a good trip, but little did we know how beautiful it would be.

Snaefellsjorkull, one of Iceland's many glaciers	Nearing the summit	Making our way up
Hiking Snaefellsjorkull	Kit-Kat break	There were only four of us on this hike. All tethered together
Hiking up Snaefellsjorkull	From the top of Snaefellsjorkull glacier!	Snaefellsjorkull, according to Jules Verne, the twin peaks at the top are where a certain party began their journey to the center of the Earth
Snaefellsjorkull from a distance	Kerio, a crater lake. Must have been quite the impact	Kerio, one time they set up a floating stage down there and held a concert
Kerio, crater lake	One of the coolest and most striking rock formations I've ever seen.	Piano key ascent
Halfway up the piano keys	Walking up the piano key rocks	I call this my Spiderman pic
looking down on the beach	Cliffs overlooking the Atlantic	Nesting birds
A babbling brook	And a baby waterfall	#scenic
Natural beauty	Exploring a mountain crevasse	How far back doe it go?
Andrew making it geyser	The name for this is geysir...seems about right	Iceland is almost entirely powered by geothermal energy. 100% green, but it means there are lots of gas vents
Nothing beats the smell of sulphur....	Beautiful and soft volcanic moss	soft and lovely volcanic moss
a dormant volcano	There's a Puffin in this picture. Can you find it?	A quaint rural church
Black sand and rocky features	More waterfall posing	Iceland has waterfalls. Waterfalls mean rainbows
Still more waterfalls	Waterfall posing	More waterfalls = more rainbows
Big falls	Nesting birds make a home near the tops of the falls	A bird colony
Iceland has all the sheep. Including this black sheep	Lunch overlooking Reykjavik	Leif Erickson
Leif Erickson outside Hallsgrimskirkja Church	The interior of Hallgrimskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland	Rekjavik
The Reykjavik Opera House

ICELAND 2012

Snaefellsjorkull, one of Iceland's many glaciers

Nearing the summit

Making our way up

Hiking Snaefellsjorkull

Kit-Kat break

There were only four of us on this hike. All tethered together

Hiking up Snaefellsjorkull

From the top of Snaefellsjorkull glacier!

Snaefellsjorkull, according to Jules Verne, the twin peaks at the top are where a certain party began their journey to the center of the Earth

Snaefellsjorkull from a distance

Kerio, a crater lake. Must have been quite the impact

Kerio, one time they set up a floating stage down there and held a concert

Kerio, crater lake

One of the coolest and most striking rock formations I've ever seen.

Piano key ascent

Halfway up the piano keys

Walking up the piano key rocks

I call this my Spiderman pic

looking down on the beach

Cliffs overlooking the Atlantic

Nesting birds

A babbling brook

And a baby waterfall

#scenic

Natural beauty

Exploring a mountain crevasse

How far back doe it go?

Andrew making it geyser

The name for this is geysir...seems about right

Iceland is almost entirely powered by geothermal energy. 100% green, but it means there are lots of gas vents

Nothing beats the smell of sulphur....

Beautiful and soft volcanic moss

soft and lovely volcanic moss

a dormant volcano

There's a Puffin in this picture. Can you find it?

A quaint rural church

Black sand and rocky features

More waterfall posing

Iceland has waterfalls. Waterfalls mean rainbows

Still more waterfalls

Waterfall posing

More waterfalls = more rainbows

Big falls

Nesting birds make a home near the tops of the falls

A bird colony

Iceland has all the sheep. Including this black sheep

Lunch overlooking Reykjavik

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson outside Hallsgrimskirkja Church

The interior of Hallgrimskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland

Rekjavik

The Reykjavik Opera House