A new video from National Geographic … James Cameron recounts epic Journey to the Deepest Place on Earth.
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 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
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
A shifting stream drops bog iron onto volcanic sand near Háfur, on the south coast. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
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
A full moon illuminates the north face of K2. ©Tommy Heinrich/National Geographic
A rare view of the epic ridge on the Chinese side of K2—so remote and difficult that most climbers tackle the Karakoram Range peak from the
Photographer George Tapan with "Into the Green Zone" is the winner of the category Places, of National Geographic 2011 competition. He captured a rainbow after
