 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 |