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The village of Vik.
Vik has 330 residents of the 600 in the Myrdalur valley.
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Skaftareidahraun lava field.
Skaftareidahraun lava field covered with moss. The biggest lava field...
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Kirkjubaejarklaustur.
The church and excavations in Kirkjubaejarklaustur.
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Kirkugolf church.
Excavation of what is thought to be the original Kirkugolf church.
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More of the moss covered lava.
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Nupsstathur, A farm east of Vik.
Nupsstathur. The oldest part dates from the 17th century. The National...
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Nupsstathur.
St. Nicholas Church, one of the oldest churches in Iceland with a...
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Nupsstathur.
A few of the buildings here.
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Skeithararsandur plains.
This is referred to as the desert of Iceland.
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Vatnajokull glacier tongue.
A typical day near the glaciers of southern Iceland. Gloomy and overcast.
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Part of the Gigjukvisl bridge.
A piece of the Gigjukvisl bridge washed away by a flood following the...
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Skeithararjokull glacier.
Just to the north of the bridge.
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Skaftafell National Park.
A moss covered lava flow at Skaftafell NP.
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Skaftafell NP.
This is considered heavy foliage in Iceland. Skaftafell NP.
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Skaftafell NP.
Skaftafellsjokull Glacier, a tongue of Vatnajokull Glacier, in Skaftafell NP.
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Skaftafell NP.
Svinafellsjokull Glacier near Skaftafell NP.
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Near Svinafellsjokull Glacier.
This is the kind of scenery you expect to find near the glaciers of Southern...
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Icebergs beside the road.
Icebergs calved from a glacier just behind a ridge beside the road. I...
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More icebergs.
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Still more icebergs.
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The lagoon at Jokulsarlon.
These are icebergs floating to the river at Jokulsarlon coming from the place...
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The river and bridge at Jokulsarlon.
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Seal at Jokulsarlon.
As advertised, here is a seal in the river at Jokulsarlon.
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Sheep in S. Iceland.
Sheep have the run of the road in Iceland for the most part.
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Glacier west of Skaftafell NP.
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