Iceland pt.4 - More Panoramas

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Some more composite panorama images from my trip to Iceland last June.  From the top..

 

1. An Icelandic church - like many there, built on farmland for the farm workers.  Even today we found the rural communities to be very religious and churches still feature a large role in peoples lives.  Christianity took over from the pagan practice of worshipping Norse gods around 1000AD, putting an end to eating horsemeat and the laws allowing parents to kill any unwanted offspring!

 



2. Another fantastic stretch of road, this one in the north, near Akureyri.  There are plenty more roads that I want to ride down in the world, but if there are any more scenic and varied than Icelands route 1, I will be astounded.

 

3.  The wonderful Seljalandsfoss waterfall.  A break in the clouds at 10pm allowing the Sun to light up the scene against a suitably moody sky.  Our tent can be seen in the distant bottom left, not a bad spot at all - with at least 5 waterfalls descending over the plateau, which used to be the coastline in the not too distant past!  Something that is very alien to a south west Englander, where erosion is doing the opposite.

 

4.  A geographers paradise, rivers, hills, snow capped mountains, lava fields, lush green flood plains and our road ahead cutting through the lava.  A bit dreary to be considered good photography, but I love the drama and adventure of the varied landscape and I'm always a sucker for a nice twisty road winding it's way into the distance.

 

5.  The famous Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall), part of the "golden circle" tourist route in the west, near Reykjavik.  It is the most powerful waterfall in Europe and (as with all of Icelands large waterfalls) an amazing experience to visit.