ICELAND ~ A PICTORIAL ODYSSEY (Part One)

The Midgard Serpent drinks from the River of Eternity

Skógafoss in South Iceland is where I spotted the Midgard Serpent

Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls streaming out from the Hallmundarhraun lava field

... after a volcano erupted below the Langjökull glacier in the Reykholt region

Hvítá River into which the Hraunfossar feeds (hraun is the Icelandic word for lava)

Barnafoss, where two boys drowned while crossing a natural bridge, 
later destroyed in an earthquake

Faxi (Horsemane Falls) or Vatnsleysufoss on the river Tungufljót. 
The island looks like a replica of Iceland 

Goðafoss, Waterfall of the Gods, in the Bárðardalur district of North-Central Iceland 

Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest point of Iceland in the Vatnajökull National Park.
You can see the edge of the Vatna Glacier peeping out between the hills

Atop the steel monument in memory of those who perished in the glacial flood of 1996, when a subterranean volcanic eruption melted part of the glacier, turning it into a massive torrent 
of cold black apocalypse 

This section of twisted steel was salvaged from a bridge destroyed by the glacial flood. 
Note the cosmic serpent graffito

British students Ian Harrison & Tony Prosser went missing on a sunny day in August 
1953 while doing field work on a glacier near Skaftafell. They were caught in a sudden 
blizzard. Despite an intensive search-&-rescue operation, their bodies were never found. 
But 50 years later in 2003, melting ice uncovered their camping gear

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lake & a Grumpy Iceman

Blocks of ice melting on the beach

Where glacier meets the open sea

Rapid meltdown as summer approaches

Clambering around the loose scree of a moraine hill

Kirsten from Austria with a tiny piece of melting glacier

Icicles on the mudguard of our Mercedes mini-bus

The road across the frozen North with Captain Palli at the wheel

Monochrome landscape

Still snowcapped in the first week of May

Snow melting on the lava fields

We saw so many waterfalls I have no idea where this one was & what's it's called!

The Icelandic horse is prized for its gentleness, robustness & steadiness on the gallop

Icelandic winter snack plate of Harðfiskur (dried fish), smoked lamb & rotting shark

PHOTOS BY ANTARES

courtesy of his Huawei Ascend P6

PART TWO