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Two weeks earlier, the foreground would have been a sea of blue lupins. You can still see a faint trace of the last few blooms but they are mostly finished.
We were attempting to drive up to an overlook, but unfortunately the way was closed. As we were contemplating on where to go next, the sun bathed the distant Vik Church in some beautiful light. Of course, none of us were prepared, and I certainly missed the moment.
I still liked this view point. Such a dramatic backdrop to this lovely little church.
The world-famous Reynisfjara shore, near the village Vik in Taken before the setting sun at Myrdalur on Iceland's South Coast, widely regarded as the most impressive black-sand beach in Iceland.
Reynisfjara is a black pebble beach and features an amazing cliff of regular basalt columns resembling a rocky step pyramid, which is called Gardar. Out in the sea are the spectacularly shaped basalt sea stacks Reynisdrangar. The area has a rich birdlife, including puffins, fulmars and guillemots.
The waves at Reynisfjara are especially strong and unpredictable.
According to folklore, two trolls attempted to drag a ship to land but were turned to stone as daylight broke, turning them into the Reynisdrangar stacks, clearly visible from the beach.*
*https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/reynisfjara
Vík í Mýrdal is a remote seafront village in south Iceland. It sits in the shadow of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which covers the Katla volcano. Reyniskirkja is a wooden church dating to 1929. Reynisfjara beach has black pebbles, basalt columns and the Reynisdrangar offshore rock formations. The cliffs of Reynisfjall mountain are home to seabirds such as puffins. Just west, the Dyrhólaey peninsula has a large rock arch.
It was pouring down the day I visited, but that just makes the black beach and basalt pillars stand out. What a place!
The only thing sweeter than being in Iceland is being back in Iceland :)
Schöner als in Island zu sein, ist nur zurück in Island zu sein!
The fascinating landscape of Vík, with its black sand and rock formations in water.
Wind was beyond crazy on that day and I was literally grabbing the tripod and pressing it down into the sand with my weight to bring the long exposures home lol
This take has got a nicer sunny light, but I feel the composition is a bit weaker than the other one