Charles Binns - Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography

Photographs of Iceland

All images (c) Charles Binns - Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography.

These photos were taken during a short trip to Iceland some year's ago. It's wild scenery is ideal for landscape photography. Unfortunately I was limited by time as to what I could see and photograph, but I managed some interesting shots.

Gardskagi

Gardskagi is the outermost point of Gardur. A lighthouse was erected there in 1897. An entrance sign was built there in 1847, and in 1884 a lamp was put on its top. The latest lighthouse was built in 1944, but the old one dates further back. It is now used as a centre for bird observations on behalf of The Centre for Nature Observation in Iceland (1962-1978).

Heimaey

Heimaey is the largest island (13.4 km²) in the volcanic Vestmannaeyjar cluster, approximately 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the south coast of Iceland. It is the only island in Vestmannaeyjar that is populated, and currently there are around 4,500 inhabitants. Famous for the eruption of the volcano Eldfell in 1973 and for the fact it's inhabitants eat puffins, this is a spectacular island to visit.

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Skaftafell

Skaftafell is Iceland's second largest National Park after Þingvellir. It lies in the so-called Glacier Country, a remote but attractive part of the south. The park covers an area of about 1,600 sq km which spreads over three valley glaciers of Skeiðarárjökull, Morsárjökull and Skaftafellsjökull on the southern fringes of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier ice-cap. Founded in 1956, the park is one of the nation's distinctive natural attractions of extravagant beauty.

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A photo of the wild southern coast and also a church in the Þingvellir park

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