Icelandic blues
It's hard to resume in words or even photos what Iceland really is, that feeling of being so insignificant and stranded compared to its vastness beauty...
Gathering of the trolls
Just offshore from the black sand beach in Vík, the basalt rock formations, Reynisdrangar, stick up out of the Atlantic like fingers. As the folklore goes, these spindly rock formations are actually trolls frozen in time. Trolls are mythical night dwellers, trying to drag sailing ships ashore when they were caught in the sunlight and turned to stone.
Stories of basalt
Close look at the basalt formations at Vík í Mýrdal beach, southern Iceland.
These spectacular geological wonders were formed when extruded molten lava cooled, crystallized and cracked along precise angles.
These spectacular geological wonders were formed when extruded molten lava cooled, crystallized and cracked along precise angles.
