Glacial Panorama

Here's a panorama of Langjökull in Iceland, a very beautiful glacier in the west. We had very nice views of it while driving through the region, and were able to get pretty close to it by car (4X4). Check it out in full view to see it in detail.

Glacial Fog

Looking over Svinafellsjökull as the fog starts to roll down the mountain. We had a wonderful morning hike on this glacier tongue, and the weather held out for us until we were on our way back down. The fog was rolling in and it was just starting to sprinkle as we were stepping off the ice. HDR assembled in Photoshop HDR Pro. Skaftafell, Iceland. Summer 2012.

Transition

Glacial ice transitions seamlessly into mountainside. Svínafellsjökull, Iceland.

Cold Desert Mountain

This mountain is called Snaefell, and lies to the north of Vatnajökull in Iceland. It is surrounded by highland desert. You can see neon-colored moss that grows at the rivers edge. The mountain is 1833 meters high.

Frozen Wave

Looking up the glacier tongue of Svínafellsjökull on Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland. Water moves in similar ways, weather its liquid or solid. This glacier tongue seemed to be a frozen wave, slowly rolling its way down the mountain until gradually reaching the ocean. More pictures to come in the near future.

Icescape

Looking down over the glacier tongue of Svínafellsjökull. Skaftafell, Iceland. In the background, you can just make out the atlantic ocean. This is an HDR assembled with Photshop HDR Pro.

Rolling Glacier

Looking over neon moss at Vatnajökull in Iceland. This is on the north side of the glacier, near Snaefell. Vatnajökull is Europe's largest glacier.

Ice Bridge

This is an ice bridge melting in the summer sun. Vatnajökull, Iceland. I'm not sure how much longer this was around after we left. My guess is, it was gone in a few hours. This is an HDR assembled in Photoshop HDR Pro.

On the Glacier Tongue

We took a guided hike on Svinafellsjökull, one of the glacier tongues in Skaftafell National Park, Iceland. It was a great experience, and very humbling to get a sense of how big the Vatnajökull glacier is. I'll be posting more pictures from this adventure in the future. Here's the first one to give you a little taste. Check back for more!

Crazy Clouds!

Some crazy clouds in the evening sun over Jökulsárlón, Iceland. HDR assembled with Photoshop.

Jökullsárlon

More Icebergs from Jökullsárlon. Iceland. I just can't get enough of them. This is an HDR.

Keyholed Ice Block

We passed this ice block keyholed in a crevasse on Svinafellsjökull, one of the glacier tongues on Vatnajökull in Iceland. I didn't get this shot right the first time, but we luckily passed it again a short while later. I stopped and took 2 HDR series of it, and the second one was right on. This is it, assembled with HDR Pro in Photoshop CS5.

 

Icebergs in evening light

Since we're having such hot weather at the moment, I've decided to post some cool pictures of ice the next few days. Here are Icebergs floating in the evening light on Jökullsálon in Iceland. This is one of the prettiest sights in iceland, with icebergs calving directly from Vatnajökull into the lagoon. They slowly make their way over the lake and eventually float out the mouth on a short river and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Some of them wash up on the beach, creating a beautiful display of different ice sculptures sparkling in the light. Vatnajökull is europe's largest glacier. This picture is an HDR assembled in Photoshop, then tonemapped and developed using Lightroom and Photoshop.

Striped Ice

A piece of glacial ice striped with layers of dirt and volcanic ash. Vatnajökull, Iceland.

Volcanic Moonrise

The moon rises over Eyafjall above a thin plume from the eruption at Fimvörduhals. Sunset comes to a close, throwing reddish tones of dim light on the mountains. Soon, the eruption will begin to glow. To be continued...

Mýrdalsjökull

This is a photo of Mýrdalsjökull in Iceland. I took this as we were watching the eruption of fimvördurhals, the smaller eruption that took place before Eyafjallajökull erupted and stopped air traffic in Europe for a month. This is shortly before sunset.

Vatnajökull

A glacier tongue rolling down from Vatnajökull in Iceland, the largest glacier in Europe. The scale of this glacier is massive, and defies description. One has a distinct feeling of insignificance as when entering its territory. A crawling beast of natural beauty.

Jökulsárlón at sunset

an HDR in the evening light from Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Icebergs at Sunset

Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Iceberg Illumination

Iceberg at Sunset

Jökulsárlón, Iceland