Iceland #5

Geysir

Gunnuhver

Iceland #4

Left click to enlarge this panorama for best viewing.

Iceland #3

When you first arrive in Iceland, you could be forgiven for thinking that you had stepped onto an alien planet.

Blue Lagoon

Iceland #2

Coast

Wreck

The rusty remains of the wrecked British trawler "Epine" from Grimsby lie on this beach at Dritvik just below Snæfellsjøkull. It ran aground in heavy seas on the night of 13th March 1948. Only five of the 19 crew were saved.

Sun Voyager

The "Sun Voyager" is a metal sculpture of a viking ship which stands on the waterfront in Reykjavik. It is the work of Jon Gunnar Arnason.

Noctilucent clouds

These photos were taken at 12.30am, one and a half hours after sunset and show noctilucent clouds. These "night shining clouds" are the Earth's highest clouds at about 80km high and are made from extremely small ice crystals. Such clouds can only be seen at higher latitudes on summer nights, because they are illuminated by the sun which is not far below the horizon. Lower level clouds and the ground remain in darkness, while the sky glows with these eery light blue formations.

For more information on this phenomenon you can follow the link to Atmospheric Optics. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nlc1.htm

Eclipse

Last Wednesday night there was a total lunar eclipse lasting 100 minutes. This photo was taken from the harbour in Cannes in the south of France, and shows the eclipsed moon glowing red due to sunlight being refracted around our planet.

Left click to enlarge for best viewing.

Reykjavik #2

Kleifarvatn

This beautiful lake is reputed to have a mysterious monster living in it. I guess it's the Icelandic version of Loch Ness.

Horse-riding

Iceland

Harpa

Harpa is the new concert hall which has been built by the harbour in Reykjavik

Reykjavik

Snæfellsnes

Sverd i Fjell #3

Cabin #7

Spring #2

Spring arrives late in the mountains of Norway

Lysebotn #2

From Lysebotn, looking east up the valley

Lysefjord #5

Looking west down the fjord from Lysebotn

Lysebotn

Lysebotn is the small village which lies at the very end of the 42km long Lysefjord

Tree #5

Red house

Månafossen #2

The end of the road

Here in Norway some roads are still not yet open for the summer.

Cabin #6