Iceland

  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    A very active geyser, producing an eruption not too minutes apart.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2325
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    Most eruptions start as a bulging bubble of blue-green water.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2344
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    Steaming water beginning to break from the bubble.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2345
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2346
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    A wave of water rolling away from the eruption.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2347
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strokkur Geyser
    Strokkur Geyser
    A closer photo of the bubble and steaming water that pushes it up.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2396
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blesi Hot Pool
    Blesi Hot Pool
    The only other significant thermal feature at Strokkur.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2373
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gullfoss
    Gullfoss
    A very large waterfall cascade.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2420
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hjalpafoss
    Hjalpafoss
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2428
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Warped Columnar Basalt
    Warped Columnar Basalt
    Hjalpafoss, Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2437
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinud nootkatensis
    Hjalpafoss, Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2447
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet Bells
    Velvet Bells
    Bartsia alpina
    Hjalpafoss, Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2457
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hjalpafoss
    Hjalpafoss
    Slow Shutter was generally less than a second.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2470
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Seljalandsfoss
    Seljalandsfoss
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2479
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Seljalandsfoss
    Seljalandsfoss
    People behind the waterfall give size perspective.
    Western Iceland, July 2, 2011
    2011-07-02#2480
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinus nootkatensis - introduced and doing too well.
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinus nootkatensis
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2488
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinus nootkatensis
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2492
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mother-of-Thyme
    Mother-of-Thyme
    Thymus praecox
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2505
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rock Stacks
    Rock Stacks
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2507
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hjorleifshofoi
    Hjorleifshofoi
    Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2515
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinus nootkatensis - a spot of less common coloration.
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2521
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nootka Lupines
    Nootka Lupines
    Lupinus nootkatensis
    Hjorleifshofoi, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2524
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rock Stacks
    Rock Stacks
    The long exposure flattened the rough sea.
    Reynisdrangar, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2531
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rock Stacks
    Rock Stacks
    Slow shutter still shows the waves with blurred aspects.
    Reynisdrangar, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#2539
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea
    Vik, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#0583
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea - with a fish.
    Vik, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#0588
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea - to me, a very graceful bird.
    Vik, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#0595
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Terns
    Arctic Terns
    Sterna paradisaea
    Vik, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#0606
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-headed Gull
    Black-headed Gull
    Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    Vik, Southern Iceland, July 3, 2011
    2011-07-03#0630
    Larry L. Jackson