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Infinite loop around Þingvellir

I've been keeping an eye on the weather forcast all week and I knew friday and saturday nights would be cold and clear, so saturday I left Reykjavik to find a quiet spot away from the light pollution where I could spend the night observing the Northern Lights. I ended up doing a sort of ∞ loop having Þingvellir in its middle. Iceland through a lot at my eyes in this loop: desolated with dry rocks and ashes, sand dunes, glaciers, forests and rivers, lava fields, waterfalls and even a geyser.


Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

First checking out where I could explore new places

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Starting with Þingvellir national park

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Where, like in most places in Iceland, life comes with moss

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Heading towards the mountains

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

The vegetation is getting scarcer

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

And scarcer

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

To the point where rocks, dust and ashes are all there is

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

But the trusty Jeep prevails

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

And keeps going

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Finally some water

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

But not much vegetation

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

The photo really doesn't do justice to the amazing colours the sunset displayed

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

And when the night came

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

The Northern Lights danced in the sky

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

The moon reflected on Þingvallavatn, the largest natural lake in Iceland

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

The setup - how I spent the night

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Testimony of the cold night, frost on the sleeping bag (it was -4°C in the morning)

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

It could be Canada

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011

King of the hill

Þingvellir, Iceland, September 2011