ICELAND
The Yule Lads originate from Icelandic folklore. Early on their number and depictions varied greatly depending on location. They are occasionally depicted as wearing the costume traditionally worn by Santa Claus, but are otherwise generally shown wearing late medieval style Icelandic clothing.
Mt Hverfjall, to the east of Mývatn is a gigantic tephra crater about 140 m deep and 1,300 m diameter, a so-called Tuff Ring, created 2,500 years ago. Tephra has been carried from Hverfjall, all over the Lake Myvatn area. A landslide apparently occurred in the south part of the crater during the eruption, which accounts for the disruption of the round shape of the mountain. The rim of the crater is only accessible by two trails, from the northwest and south. It is strictly forbidden to use other routes up or down.
Frozen hands, frozen legs and even the bones were frozen at this icy waterfall, and the wind and the water spray added to the icy pricking chilliness. This is one of the most impressive waterfalls of the country. It is situated in the 175 km long glacial river Skjalfandafljot just south of road no. 1. Both the river and the lava field it runs through have their sources far in the south.
Crashed DC-3 Plane near Vik, South Iceland
In the winter of 1973 a military version of a DC-3 (Dakota) US Navy plane ran out of fuel, combined with bad weather, had to crash land on the black sand beach near the town of Vik in South Iceland, luckily everyone on board survived, an attempted recovery led to the crash of a Helicopter and killing some people, with no much luck helping the them, the Americans decided to abandon the whole mess there.
A stunning lake inside a Volcano, what a wonder, neon blue waters surrounded by red volcanic rock and green moss, its just a visual treat.
Also called the Diamond beach, this is one of the numerous ice blocks that float out to the sea from the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon and the waves wash them on to the shores. They look fantastic on the black sand and the back lighting from the skies provides a fantastic view. They look like large diamonds scattered all over the place.
Also known as black falls, it is surrounded by dark lava columns, which gave rise to its name
Glacial lagoon flowing into the land mass
The blue hues of Iceland Blue lagoon with the soft moss on the volcanic rocks
On the way to the Porsmork area
Colourful mountains around Landmannalaugar
Martian like scenes can be found all over Iceland, you don't have to go too far.
Annual event by Jokulsarlon in the Vatnajokull Region. Illuminated icebergs bathed in colour from the magnificent firework show in nature's most spectacular surrounding creates an extraordinary experience for spectators.
Icelandic Horse
A view of the remains of the DC-3 from afar on the black sand beach near Vik
The black sand beach against the gorgeous mountain backdrop, one of the many beautiful scenery in Iceland
Beautiful black sand beaches of Vik
The Skógafoss is one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland and the spray that it produces due to the height creates a nice rainbow at certain times of the day.
This is one of the best known waterfalls in Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is located in the South Region in Iceland right by Route 1. One of the interesting things about this waterfall is that visitors can walk behind it into a small cave.
Landmannalaugar Lava Field
After an hours trek around the Porsmork area, we turned around and saw this beautiful rainbow that appeared.
