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Icelandic Favorites

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Photography by Jean McConochie
Editing by Dave Werner
Restored sod smithy
Restored sod smithy		 Skogar Museum Church
Skogar Museum Church		 Prime Minister’s summer home at Thingvellir.
Prime Minister’s summer home at Thingvellir.		 Reconstructed medieval farmhouse
Reconstructed medieval farmhouse
Strawberry farmer Eírikur
Strawberry farmer Eírikur		 Guilfoss, the golden waterfall.
Guilfoss, the golden waterfall.		 Guilfoss completes the “Golden Circle.”
Guilfoss completes the “Golden Circle.”		 Typical homes of Icelandic elves in the highlands
Typical homes of Icelandic elves in the highlands
Lighthouse on Ingolfshofdi headland.
Lighthouse on Ingolfshofdi headland.		 Zodiac patrol on the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon.
Zodiac patrol on the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon.		 In Jokulsarlon lagoon, icebergs calved from the southern edge of Vatnajokull icecap.
In Jokulsarlon lagoon, icebergs calved from the southern edge of Vatnajokull icecap.		 Dryholaey Lighthouse on the south coast.
Dryholaey Lighthouse on the south coast.
Basalt columns and, legend says, troll petrified by the rising sun.
Basalt columns and, legend says, troll petrified by the rising sun.		 Extruded basalt lava flows.
Extruded basalt lava flows.		 Puffin (the national bird) stands guard.
Puffin (the national bird) stands guard.		 Three of thirty thousand on Grimsey.
Three of thirty thousand on Grimsey.
Good-luck cairn
Good-luck cairn		 Beyond the cairns, the sandy desert of Myrdalssandur.
Beyond the cairns, the sandy desert of Myrdalssandur.		 A sliding glacier collects debris.
A sliding glacier collects debris.		 The canyon walls at Hljodaklettar assume an air of mystery.
The canyon walls at Hljodaklettar assume an air of mystery.
The desolate moors between Myvatn and Akureyri in northeast Iceland.
The desolate moors between Myvatn and Akureyri in northeast Iceland.		 In the highlands, in snow and fog, yellow poles mark the road.
In the highlands, in snow and fog, yellow poles mark the road.		 Pressed iron succeeded sod as a building material.
Pressed iron succeeded sod as a building material.		 What are the odds?
What are the odds?
Lake Myvatn (Midge Lake) in northeast Iceland
Lake Myvatn ("Midge Lake") in northeast Iceland		 Looking down from Ingolfshofdi.
Looking down from Ingolfshofdi.		 Steaming earth in the Krafla area.
Steaming earth in the Krafla area.		 Icelandic horses, American rider with penguin zipper-pull talisman.
Icelandic horses, American rider with penguin zipper-pull talisman.

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Lise Winer 13-Aug-2006 13:41
I especially like you on that Icelandic pony:)
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