Emergency Mountain Hut, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
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Taken back in March 2017, this eight vertical stitched image panorama really highlights the wild and remoteness of the area around the emergency hut that is located at the top of a mountain pass on the spectacular Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
A few days before I was up there alone at midnight photographing the aurora borealis over his hut and sadly my vehicle got stuck in deep snow on a 45 degree angled banking by the side of the road. I was forced to sleep in the car all night until the rescue truck arrived at 9am the following morning. It was -11 throughout the night so sleeping in the hut without some form of fire/heat was not an option. Better to stay in the car and survive.
It's an incredibly harsh environment up there and if going alone at night, best to let someone know where you're going in case of trouble.
Iceland I have since found out has an incredibly useful App for your phone called 112 Iceland. This is a simple app that has two buttons. A green one that says 'Check In' in which once pressed, the call centre logs your location and a red button marked 'Emergency' which sends a text message from your phone to the call centre complete with your GPS coordinates. Even if there's no signal, a text often sends.
112 Iceland app is offered from SafeTravel which is an accident prevention project of the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue. You can find out more here
Canon 5Ds
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 24mm
f8
1/100 sec
ISO100
Eight vertical images stitched in Photoshop CC
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Arca Swiss D4 Geared Head
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Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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Emergency Mountain Hut, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
JOIN ME on my Five Day Northern Lights Iceland Workshop
15th - 20th October 2020
melvinnicholsonphotography.co.uk/product-category/iceland...
Taken back in March 2017, this eight vertical stitched image panorama really highlights the wild and remoteness of the area around the emergency hut that is located at the top of a mountain pass on the spectacular Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
A few days before I was up there alone at midnight photographing the aurora borealis over his hut and sadly my vehicle got stuck in deep snow on a 45 degree angled banking by the side of the road. I was forced to sleep in the car all night until the rescue truck arrived at 9am the following morning. It was -11 throughout the night so sleeping in the hut without some form of fire/heat was not an option. Better to stay in the car and survive.
It's an incredibly harsh environment up there and if going alone at night, best to let someone know where you're going in case of trouble.
Iceland I have since found out has an incredibly useful App for your phone called 112 Iceland. This is a simple app that has two buttons. A green one that says 'Check In' in which once pressed, the call centre logs your location and a red button marked 'Emergency' which sends a text message from your phone to the call centre complete with your GPS coordinates. Even if there's no signal, a text often sends.
112 Iceland app is offered from SafeTravel which is an accident prevention project of the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue. You can find out more here
Canon 5Ds
Canon 24-70mm f4 @ 24mm
f8
1/100 sec
ISO100
Eight vertical images stitched in Photoshop CC
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Arca Swiss D4 Geared Head
3 Legged Thing QR11-LC L Bracket
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
Official Kase Filters UK Sales Agent
melvinnicholsonphotography.co.uk/produ…/kase-filters
UK & International Landscape Photography Workshops, 1-2-1 Private Tuition and Camera Club Lectures available
www.facebook.com/melvinnicholsonphotography www.instagram.com/melvinnicholsonphotography
www.youtube.com/c/melvinnicholsonphotographycom
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