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Incredible things these blue ice caves that can be found in Vatnajökull.
Remember to only go there with guides who can lead the way safely. I recommend localguides.is
This was without a doubt the best day of our trip. We went out with Einar and his son from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service. They were both amazing, and we would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
For our fourth and final stop, we hiked about 5 minutes to another ice cave on Vatnajökull Glacier. This one was small in terms of corridors, as there was only one real section, but it was a massive cavern with a chocolate colored stream running through it.
This is a somewhat abstract looking shot of the rear of the cave. I really liked the interesting textures on the cave walls and ceiling.
Being in these caves was unlike anything we've ever experienced. They were well insulated so it wasn't extremely cold, but the textures and formations were completely otherworldly. The ice will often take on a rich, deep blue color in these caves. However, we were told that because it was a bright and sunny day, that blue became more of the aqua/teal type color you see here.
Interestingly, due to the constant changing of the glaciers and temperature changes, these ice caves are rarely ever around for more than a couple of weeks at a time. You can go back every year and have a completely different experience every time. We were told that the ice caves we enjoyed, for example, were gone within a week of our visit. This cave in particular, had partially collapsed the day before we entered it, so we only got to see about 2/3 of the cave they had intended on showing us.
Nikon D800
14-24mm f/2.8 Lens
The College Park Aviation Museum is located adjacent to the College Park Airport. The College Park Airport is the world’s oldest continuously operating airport established in 1909 when Wilbur Wright came and trained military officers to fly the government’s first aeroplane. The airport is known as the “Field of Firsts” which includes the first female passenger, first machine gun tested on an airplane, and the first controlled helicopter flight.
Hiker in a Icecave in Vatnajokull glacier
When I shot these photos I was guiding a tour for Isafold travel ( www.isafoldtravel.is ) with Debbie and Reuben Sloan. There is local guide ( www.localguide.is ) that specialises in these icecaves.
Dent, Sarah Marshall, d. Apr 9, 1795, age 59yr and 6mn
Marshall, Anne, d. Jul 31, 1805, age 27 years, w/o George
Marshall, Dr. Thomas, d. Jun 6 1829, age 72yr and 2mn
Marshall, Eleanor A., b. Dec 16, 1801, d. Oct 20, 1852, w/o Thomas
Marshall, Eleanor Douglas, d. Aug 21, 1833, age 3yr 6mn 7da, d/o Thomas and Eleanor
Marshall, Eleanor R.A., d. Sep 26, 1829, age 6yr 9mn 29da, d/o Thomas and Eleanor
Marshall, Elizabeth, no dates
Marshall, George D., d. Sep 11, 1822, age 20yr and 2mn, s/o George and Anne
Marshall, M. Margaret, d. Jun 2, 1837, age 71 years
Marshall, Margaret Elizabeth Ann, d. Oct 18, 1833, age 9yr 3mn 22da, d.o Thomas and Eleanor
Marshall, Mary Catherine, d. Sep 8, 1833, age 5yr and 15da, d/o Thomas and Eleanor
Marshall, Mary, d. Jan 8, 1827
Marshall, Rebecca Hanson, d. Dec 5, 1770, In her 55th year, w/o Thomas
Marshall, Sabrina Greenfield, b. Mar 1768, w/o Thomas
Marshall, Thomas H., d. Aug 13, 1843, age 47 years
Marshall, Thomas Hanson, b. Apr 9, 1731, d. Mar 8, 1801, age 69 years
Marshall, Thomas, d. Jun 10, 1759, In his 65th year of age
Stuart, Mary Marshall, d. Jul 1759, w/o Phillip www.interment.net/data/us/md/charles/marshall/index.htm
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
Taken in May 2006. We stopped walking up the mountain for the night. Our hiking guides take the time to prepare a couple chickens for dinner in the local/regional cooking style over a pit fire (with the feathers on).
As part of the cooking, the feathers are burnt off, instead of defeathering before cooking.
Since this is a national park, very few have the privilege to use wood in the park.
I think that the indigenous peoples are allowed sparingly to use the wood in the
small cooking fires.
Location: Mount Pulag Summit area, Luzon, Philippines
Set: Philippines 2006
Illustration for my www.naturalsearchblog.com/archives/2007/05/17/local-guide....
It's a very cool local info service! It also allows users to submit their Flickr photos for inclusing in the custom guides that they build - a very strong mashup feature.
Part of the vast expanse of black sand over which we drove was under water.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the headland and cliffs where the birds live.