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Winter Vestrahorn

The mountain of Vestrahorn is a majestic site near Hofn in Iceland that's a must visit on many photographer's lists. We visited in March near the end of winter when the mountain was still covered in snow. I feel this is quite a nice time to visit as the stark white snow contrasts nicely with the black sand beaches and the yellow grassy mounds.

 

When I first saw pictures of this place I had always thought the mounds would be quite small, maybe about knee high, so it was quite a surprise upon arrival when I saw that most of these mounds were much bigger and taller than a person. Therefore I tried to help capture the scale of the place by incorporating some of my fellow photographers into the shot. There are actually 6 photographers in the picture :)

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Uploaded on April 17, 2016
Taken on March 7, 2016