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2015 Geological Tour of Iceland

We joined geologist Doris Sloan and Icelandic tour guide Elisabet Brand for our first visit to Iceland in August 2015. The tour was organized for the Oakland Museum of California's Natural Sciences Guild. We were rewarded by a grand dose of volcanos, glaciers, and the rift zone between the North American plate and the Eurasian plate. Scenic consequences of these forces are waterfalls, basalt columns, outwash plains, fjords, and a permanent understanding that our planet is always in flux.
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Icelandair got us there. 2015_08_03_Iceland _004.jpg
Icelandair got us there. 2015_08_03_Iceland _004.jpg		 But first, a glimpse of the east coast of Greenland. See any green? 2015_08_03_Iceland _018.jpg
But first, a glimpse of the east coast of Greenland. See any green? 2015_08_03_Iceland _018.jpg		 And then the brown-green coast of Iceland. See any ice? 2015_08_03_Iceland _034.jpg
And then the brown-green coast of Iceland. See any ice? 2015_08_03_Iceland _034.jpg		 Reykjanes Maritime Center has over 100 boat models by Grimur Karlsson and lots of fishing history. 2015_08_04_Iceland _074.jpg
Reykjanes Maritime Center has over 100 boat models by Grimur Karlsson and lots of fishing history. 2015_08_04_Iceland _074.jpg
Flowers in footwear outside the artists' coop. 2015_08_05_Iceland _121.jpg
Flowers in footwear outside the artists' coop. 2015_08_05_Iceland _121.jpg		 Colorful buildings punctuate the town. 2015_08_05_Iceland _123.jpg
Colorful buildings punctuate the town. 2015_08_05_Iceland _123.jpg		 Plenty of flowers blooming. 2015_08_05_Iceland _125.jpg
Plenty of flowers blooming. 2015_08_05_Iceland _125.jpg		 Sod insulates the old buildings. 2015_08_06_Iceland _146.jpg
Sod insulates the old buildings. 2015_08_06_Iceland _146.jpg
Vikingaheimar houses a replica Viking shop built in 1996 and sailed to NYC. 2015_08_06_Iceland _154.jpg
Vikingaheimar houses a replica Viking shop built in 1996 and sailed to NYC. 2015_08_06_Iceland _154.jpg		 The original ship used sail and oarsmen; the replica was required to include an engine. 2015_08_06_Iceland _157.jpg
The original ship used sail and oarsmen; the replica was required to include an engine. 2015_08_06_Iceland _157.jpg		 The museum also has an exhibit on Norse mythology, very colorful. 2015_08_06_Iceland _179.jpg
The museum also has an exhibit on Norse mythology, very colorful. 2015_08_06_Iceland _179.jpg		 Diagram of tectonic plates. 2015_08_07_Iceland _206.jpg
Diagram of tectonic plates. 2015_08_07_Iceland _206.jpg
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