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Christopher Mathews
There’s an old saying that Greenland is icy and Iceland is green. That’s fairly accurate – especially if you spend your time near the coast, where a branch of the Gulf Stream flows around Iceland to moderate the temperatures. But venture inland a bit and you’ll find Iceland earns its name …
The highlands of Iceland. Home of the glaciers – remote, windswept, brutally cold. No one lives here. But there are visitors.
If you want to see the glaciers up close, you need the right set of wheels. Great, big wheels.
A fracture in the heart of Iceland’s second-largest glacier hints at frozen adventures within.
Entering the realm of ice.
Water, water everywhere – but not a drop to drink.
The blue ice of this cave formed when pressure from the sheer weight of the glacier squeezed out even the tiniest bubbles of air, leaving nothing but pure crystalline water.
Moonrise on an unearthly landscape.
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YY_Sima Qian
Lovely photos!
HeartlandLiberal
Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Our only experience in Iceland was twice thru the airport at Reykjavik, on way to and back from Europe.
Scuffletuffle
WOW! What a stunningly beautiful place. Thank you for sharing those gorgeous photos.
Wag
Great photos. The glaciers of Iceland are truly beautiful. I can’t wait to go back to explore them further.
Betty
Gorgeous photos. I hate to think of all the melting that is going on now.
HinTN
Pure crystalline water. Amazing and beautiful. Thank you for enduring the cold and for sharing it in these photographs.
WaterGirl
Absolutely beautiful, and magical!
I might think they were even more stunning if it was not -3 degrees here at the moment.
SkyBluePink
Exquisite and otherworldly!
Thanks for sharing.
MelissaM
Beautiful! #5 is stunning. I love how the ice looks as if it was carved by hands, not winds and other forces. And I’m amazed at the bright shiny new super bus. How much that must cost!
Miss Bianca
Holy cow. What a great way to wake up. But I feel like I need to throw another log or two onto the fire after seeing those ice caves!
J R in WV
Very cool… way too cool, actually. You can see why no one lives in central Iceland…
Planning to visit Iceland asap, Aurora drawing me, ice and lava too. What a mixture!
Thanks for sharing ~!!~
biff murphy
Cool, I was stationed in Kef at the air base for about 8 months before my discharge. It truly is a beautiful place, at night the northern lights could keep you enthralled for hours. Thanks for the memories!
toesinthesand
These pictures mellowed my harsh today. Thank you for sharing them with us!
way2blue
Beautiful. I hope to visit Iceland before too long. I remember as a kid visiting the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper Nat’l Park (Alberta, Canada). We went out across the glacier in a snow cat with tractor treads, and stopped at a deep crevasse to see green & blue ice with a touch of vertigo…
susanna
I enjoyed and marvelled at your photos, they reflect nature’s delights and unending visual displays. Thank you. I hope you have more.