Welcome to Iceland

A sculpture titled "The Jet Nest" greets visitors as the leave the Keflavik Airport.

Lighthouse

Hot Clouds

One of the few uncapped geothermal ports in Iceland expels superheated steam.

Blue Lagoon

Air temperature in the low 40's, water temperature much higher.

Volcano

A stylized version on the ceiling of the Lava Centre in southern Iceland.

Volcanologist

Telling us all about the very active volcanic activity across a large strip through the middle of the island.

Hekla

One of Iceland's most active volcanoes with more than 20 eruptions over recorded history, the last in 2000.

Lava Rock

Dyrhólaey

Extremely stark and picturesque area on the south coast of Iceland. The cliffs and black sand beach were formed over centuries by lava flows.

Arctic Terns

At least the white ones are.

Photography Perch

Butter

Black Sand Cave

Church

Skógafoss

One of many spectacular waterfalls to be seen in Iceland.

Seljalandsfoss

One of the few waterfalls in the world that you can safely walk behind. If you do, plan to get very wet.

Hótel Lækur

Beautiful little inn with the main building a converted barn.

Gullfoss

Called the Golden Falls, this is the upper set of falls, above the much taller lower falls.

Gullfoss 2

Showing both the upper and the lower falls.

Off-Roading

Taking tours onto glaciers. The tubes allow the driver to deflate the tires slightly to make navigating on the ice easier.

Geysir

Sometimes known as The Great Geysir.

Garden Host

Explaining how they grow tons of tomatoes in this huge hothouse. The tomato soup was also great.

Caution: Snorkelers Crossing

Posted on a road in Thingvellir National Park. On one side of the road, a parking lot where the snorkelers suit up, on the other a platform leading down into the extremely clear, glacier-fed waters of the largest inland lake in the country.

Snorkelers

Getting their final lesson before swimming off.