These are the colorful walls of the magma chamber of the Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland. You can descend into the dormant volcano and take a journey towards the center of the earth. Watch the video… Image credit: Teosaurio
Volcanic Rivers by Andre Ermolaev
September 7, 2012
These stunning images aren’t abstract paintings, but they are aerial shots of streams finding their way down from volcanoes in Iceland. All images credit: Andre Ermolaev
Iceland’s resilient beauty- arches on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula
April 28, 2012
Winter surf pours through arches it has carved in the basalt at Arnarstapi, on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. In a few months the place will be a carnival of kittiwakes, seabirds that breed here. The large arch is roughly 40 feet high. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
Iceland’s resilient beauty- waterfall of the gods
April 25, 2012
A glacial torrent pours over a 40-foot-high ledge at Gođafoss, “waterfall of the gods.” After the Icelandic assembly adopted Christianity in 1000, its leader threw his pagan idols into the falls. The mossy island, notes geographer Guđrún Gísladóttir, “is protected from sheep.” Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
Iceland’s resilient beauty- hot springs in the plain
April 22, 2012
At Hveravellir—literally “hot springs in the plain”—thin terraces of geyserite precipitate from the water as it cools. A notorious 18th-century outlaw, Fjalla-Eyvindur, stayed warm here for years, stealing sheep from summer pastures. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
Iceland’s resilient beauty- volcanic sand near Hafur
April 21, 2012
A shifting stream drops bog iron onto volcanic sand near Háfur, on the south coast. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
Iceland’s resilient beauty- volcano Eyjafjallajokull
April 19, 2012
The volcano Eyjafjallajökull, in Iceland, just before dawn on April 23, 2010: The worst is over. Lava flows freely. Earlier, as it punched through the ice cap, it triggered a meltwater flood that destroyed roads and farms, and a steam explosion that hurled ash into the stratosphere, stopping air traffic for a week. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
The river tree
March 4, 2012
