Ring Road to Mývatn, a volcanic lake in North Central Iceland |
The Mývatn area |
Flugvöllur, the airport of Reykjahlíð, the main town on Lake Mývatn |
Lake Mývatn |
Information center at Reykjahlíð showing the mid-Atlantic trench |
Hverfjall, a tephra ring volcanic formation formed 2500 years ago |
Climbing the side of Hverfjall with views of Lake Mývatn |
The crater of Hverfjall, 463m high, 1040m wide |
The crater of Hverfjall |
Tourists have left hundreds of messages using light colored stones on the crater floor |
The crater of Hverfjall |
The crater of Hverfjall |
The trail along the crater rim, Hverfjall |
Plume of geothermal steam seen from Hverfjall |
Geothernal activity around Myvatn |
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Jarðböðin við Mývatn, a Blue Lagoon style geothermal bath |
Boiling water at Jarðböðin við Mývatn |
Myvatn Blue Lagoon |
Jarðböðin við Mývatn |
Jarðböðin við Mývatn |
Lower Goðafoss with the old bridge |
Goðafoss, just off the Ring Road between Mývatn and Akureyri |
Goðafoss |
Goðafoss |
Goðafoss |
Goðafoss |
Skjálfandafljót downstream from Goðafoss |
Farmhouse along Iceland Route 1 outside Akureyri |
Akureyri, Iceland's second city |
Akureyri, A-town |
Freigher Súlan at Akureyri |
Akureyri Guesthouse - Gistiheimili Akureyrar |
Hafnarstræti, Akureyri's downtown commercial street |
Reasonably priced Icelandic wool sweaters can be found in Akureyri |
Ráðhústorg, Akureyri |
Dinosaur and cactus, Akureyri |
Bláa Kannan, Hafnarstræti, Akureyri |
Bautinn, Akureyri |
Akureyrarkirkja at night |
Cruise ship on the Eyjafjörður arriving at Akureyri |
Ring Road headed west out of Akureyri towards Reykjavik |
I'm guessing road controlled by radar cameras... |
Svartárdalur |
Bólstaðarhlíð |
Húnaver |
Langidalur |
Geitaskarð |
Modern church in Blönduós |
Ódýrt bensin (OB) gas station in Blönduós |
Blönduós |
Bon Voyage - Góða Ferð |
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Langjökull rising in the distance from the Ring Road, southbound nearing Borgarnes |
Heitur Matur Restaurant, Borgarnes |
The very nice lady at the restaurant in Borgarnes |
She had recently prepared a traditional Icelandic dish, Sheep's Head, for a special occasion and offered us a taste |
Borgarnes Church |
Borgarnes |
Borgarnes |
Borgarnes, Borgarfjörður |
Western Iceland |
Mountains and pasture between Borgarnes and Akranes, Western Iceland |
Blákollur |
Fertile patch of Iceland |
Details on the tunnel under Hvalfjörður |
Miðsandur Fuel Depot, Hvalfjörður |
Kiðafell, a guest farm outside Reykjavik |
The friendly dog at Kiðafell |