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poor trolls turned to stone in w iceland

Anybody remember that scene from The Hobbit where the trolls turn to stone when the sun comes up? It's an old Icelandic story that Tolkien lifted. These two giant basalt monoliths are also purported to be trolls turned to stone on the west side of the country. I guess they just fled the rising sun as far as they could, but just couldn't make it any farther before they got caught at the shore by a few errant photons. Stupid trolls - too dumb to learn to swim. And then the Icelanders went on their merry way and built a few utility poles betwixt them. A very practical lot, those Icelanders.

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Uploaded on August 16, 2006
Taken on August 13, 2006