Detifoss & Husavik

Turning off the Ring Road onto Rte 863 just east of Mývatn to see Jökulsárgljúfur National Park	Cinder cone along Rte 863, Northern Iceland	Icelandic cinder cone	Rte 863 between the Ring Road and Detifoss is the worst I drove in Iceland
Route 863 heading to Jökulsárgljúfur National Park	Dettifoss, Jökulsárgljúfur National Park	Dettifoss is the largest waterfall by volume in Europe	Canyoon rim at Dettifoss
The canyon downstream (north) of Dettifoss	The canyon downstream (north) of Dettifoss	Up to 500 m3 of water per second falls 44m at Dettifoss	The glacially fed Jöksulá á Fjöllum river at Dettifoss
The cold, gray color of the water at Dettifoss is due to sediment from glacial water	Dettifoss	Dettifoss	The canyon at Dettifoss
Another waterfall along the Jöksulá á Fjöllum, Hafragilsfoss	More volcanic features	North of Dettifoss	The road thankful improves north of Dettifoss
Sheep licking minerals off the road with the Jöksulá á Fjöllum bridge in the distance	Icelandic sheep	Jöksulá á Fjöllum river near Ásbyrgi	Northern Iceland
Route 85	Veggjarendi fault at the junction of the Eurasian and American tectonic plates	This fault is along Rte 85 just west of Ásbyrgi at the turnoff for Mörk and Ingveldarstađir	Farmhouse on the shore of Öxarfjörđur
Garđskirkja, Garđur	Garđskirkja, Garđur	Voladalstorfa, the northern-most point of my journey, Arctic Ocean	Breiđavík
The sun low in the northwestern sky	Breiđavík	Route 85 heading south towards Húsavík	Tjörnes Peninsula
Route 85 heading south towards Húsavík	Steindalur farm, Rte 85, near Húsavík	Steindalur	Tjörnes Peninsula
Skjálfandi, the bay of Húsavík	Coast just north of Húsavík	Húsavík, a very nice Icelandic fishing village	Húsavík
Húsavík	Húsavík	Húsavík's iconic church	Húsavík Church, 1907
Húsavíkurkirkja	Húsavík Church	Húsavíkurkirkja	Skipasmídastödin, an old timber house by the harbor with the Gamli Baukur Restaurant
Skipasmídastödin, an old timber house by the harbor with the Gamli Baukur Restaurant	Gamli Baukur Restaurant	The harbor of Húsavík	Bjössi Sör, a former fishing boat turned whale watcher
SS Haukur, Húsavík	66 degrees North, Húsavík, Iceland	Ship headed for port at sunset, Húsavík	Ship headed for port at sunset, Húsavík
Ship headed for port at sunset, Húsavík	Ship headed for port at sunset, Húsavík	Sunset over the Skjálfandi, Húsavík	Sunset, Húsavík
Recommended, home-style Guesthouse Baldursbrekku, Húsavík	Náttfari, one of the whale watchers at Húsavík	Whale watching on the Náttfari	Cold waters of the Skjálfandi Bay, Husavik
The guide on the whale watch describing the White-beaked Dolphin	Our first "whales", dolphins	A second, smaller whale watch boat with our dolphins	Dolphins in the Skjalfandi
Later in the morning we got some blue sky - but no big whales	Icelandic flag	Icelandic flag	Looking across Skjálfandi to Víknafjöll
The Icelandic Phallological Museum	The Icelandic Phallological Museum	Phallus of a Sei Whale, Icelandic Phallological Museum	The Húsavík Whale Center
The Húsavík Whale Center	Scrimshaw, Húsavík Whale Center	Informative signs at the Húsavík Whale Center	Lower jaw of a sperm whale, Húsavík Whale Center
Skeleton of a Minke Whale, which are still hunted in Iceland (maybe that's why we didn't see anything...)	Skeleton of a humpback whale, Húsavík Whale Center	Skeleton of a killer whale, Húsavík Whale Center	Geothermically heated greenhouses along Rte 87 south of Húsavík
Geothermically heated greenhouses along Rte 87 south of Húsavík	Construction equipment working on Rte 87 south of Húsavík