Iceland
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Jökulsárlón
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Skógafoss
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Moss-covered lava
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The long drive to Höfn
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Past a closed path, we found part of Vatnajökull up close and personal
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Gertie, our car.
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A beautiful, black sand beach on the side of the road. Completely unmarked and secluded.
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Highway to Heaven?
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Svartifoss, with basalt columns
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Here's an action shot from when I fell down at Svartifoss. The camera was OK.
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A hole in the ice on our glacier walk
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Follow the leader
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Vatnajökull from Skaftafell National Park
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20 minutes after walking on a glacier, we passed a sand storm. Iceland is crazy
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Authentic Icelandic art at Hotel Arny guest house on Heimaey Island
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Does this sign mean "don't bring dogs here because rocks will fall on them?"
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Bird cliffs at Heimaey island
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The town on Heimaey Island, from Eldifell. It erupted in 1973, burying houses and adding a new coastline.
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We think this sign means, "turn right to stand around and point at stuff."
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A charred church on Heimaey Island from the 1973 eruption
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A furry horror. Seriously, what the hell was this? A seal? A sheep?
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Staring
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I'm 90% certain this black dot is a puffin. That's about as close as we got to any, having missed the season by a week or two.
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It's a bird-eat-bird world.
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Heading back south, sans soupy clouds
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Steam Valley, Hveragerði
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Mudpots in Hveragerði's steam valley
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Þingvellir: where the North American and European continental plates meet
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Hot pot
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Strokkur, at Geysir National Park. It erupts about every 6 minutes
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Hot spring
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Some crazy silica/algae spring, that ends up looking like glowing anti-freeze. This is what Blue Lagoon looks like.
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Gulfoss
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Our hotel's ocean view in Reykjavik
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Even the graffiti is nicer there
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