Continuing eastbound along the southern coast of Iceland counter-clockwise along the Ring Road |
Iceland Ring Road east of Skaftafell National Park |
Mountains and glaciers, SE Iceland |
Virkisjökull |
Virkisjökull |
Branches of the Örćfajökull, itself part of the Vatnajökull |
Glacier, SE Iceland |
Waterfall feeding into the Hvalvörđugilslćkur |
SE Iceland from the Ring Road |
Remote farms wedged between the mountains and the ocean, SE Iceland |
Icelandic sheep farmer herding from horseback |
Flock of sheep on the Ring Road, SE Iceland |
Flock of sheep on the Ring Road, SE Iceland |
Sheep making a stand against the car |
Icelandic sheep |
Hnappavellir II, a farm in SE Iceland |
Hólárjökull |
Kvíárjökull |
Kvíárjökull |
The bridge over the mouth of the Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
The bridge at Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Seals swimming at Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
The amphibious vehicles for the lagoon cruises www.jokulsarlon.is |
Cockpit of the amphibious vehicle for cruises in the glacier lagoon |
Zodiac boat, Glacier Lagoon |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Breiđamerkurjökull calves huge glacial icebergs into the lagoon |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Blue iceberg - it had just rolled over showing the blue color of solid glacial ice |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
The guide on the glacier lagoon cruise |
Spanish...not Icelandic... |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
The left side had been previously exposed, the right side submerged |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Glacier Lagoon, Jökulsárlón |
Continuing along the Ring Road after spending the night at Höfn |
Cloud covered peaks, Iceland Ring Road by Höfn |
Cloudy peaks and Skarđsfjördur near Dynjandi, Iceland Ring Road |
The pavement ends, Iceland Ring Road |
The unpaved section of road climbs high above coves with black sand beaches |
The unpaved section of road climbs high above coves with black sand beaches |
Djúpavogshreppur, a particularly dramatic section of coast with black sand beaches ca 50 km east of Höfn |
Fish farm and tender, Berufjörđur, just past Djúpivogur |
Iceland Ring Road, Berufjörđur |
Farm at the end of the Berufjörđur |
Berufjörđur |
Cascading waterfall near Núpur |
Cloud covered peaks, Iceland Ring Road |
Cloud covered peaks, Iceland Ring Road |
Cloud covered peaks, Iceland Ring Road |
The small harbor of Stöđvarfjörđur, Eastern Iceland |
I drove a section of Hwy 96 to stay along the coast between Breiđdalsvík and Egilstađir |
Icelandic farmhouse near Stöđvarfjörđur |
5900m tunnel, Fáskrúđsfjarđargöng, completed in 2005 on Hwy 96 |
5900m tunnel, Fáskrúđsfjarđargöng |
Waterfalls along Hwy 96, Fagridalur |
Foggy section of Hwy 96 |
As I arrive in Egilstađir (E-town) the weather improves significantly as I enter Northern Iceland |
Cow pasture next to downtown Egilstađir |
Egilstađir |
Modern church in Egilstađir |
Past the half way point around Iceland |
Highway 1, NE Iceland |
Highway 1, NE Iceland |
Jökuldalur, near the junction of Hwy 1 and Hwy 923 |
This part of Iceland has herds of reindeer |
Reindeer warning sign along an unpaved section of the Ring Road, NE Iceland ca 110km east of Mývatn |
Reindeer Crossing |
Northeastern Iceland |
Northeastern Iceland |
Northeastern Iceland |
Northeastern Iceland |
Northeastern Iceland |
Iceland Ring Road, NE Iceland |
Northeastern Iceland |
Iceland Ring Road, NE Iceland |
Iceland Ring Road, NE Iceland |
Highway 1, Iceland Ring Road |
Bridge over the Jökulsá Á Fjöllum, ca 37km east of Mývatn |
Einbreiđ Brú |
Single lane suspension bridge, Iceland Ring Road |
Jökulsá Á Fjöllum upstream from Dettifoss |