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Vik and its church and the sea stacks in the background. During the pandemic, the Icelandic series "Katla" was filmed here - no tourists and therefore ideal for such a project!
Vik mit seiner Kirche und den Seestappel im Hintergrund. Während der Pandemie wurde hier die isländische Serie "Katla" gedreht - keine Touristen und somit ideal für ein solches Projekt!
Stormy clouds over Vik beach. They did brink some snow, but it was time for an early lunch anyway. Not long after that I got stuck in snow, so not the perfect start to Lofoten adventure!
I visited Iceland in September 2012 with the intention of making some long exposure images. I think my post processing skills have gradually improved since then so I visited the archives and found this unprocessed file.
The cliffs of VIk are definitely an impressive feature to photograph, especially during the golden hour as it adds quite a lot to the texture.
I remember it was windy that day so we had to pretty much hide behind the cliff which is awesome because you get to sit there and admire the rock formations and well don't get sand in your face.
A fact about Vik is that it is considered to be the wettest place in Iceland.
Enjoy, have a great week-end!
Colors of Iceland 7,the famous volcanic beach
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We left home as the Coronavirus madness was about to overtake the world and came here to Vik. And settled in Smidjanbrugghus it was hard to imagine our society was hellbent on getting toilet rolls at any price. sat in a brew pub with amazing big grilled burgers the tendency was to drink and drink the sense of freedom you find here away from the madding crowd. I know we could have stayed until closing time....we wanted to...the , beer, food and atmosphere was so good and sod the expense of craft beer at £8 a half litre and a burger at £20....will life be worth living if the world shuts down?
We took a mad cap drive up a snowy hill above the town of Vik and grabbed a few shots in the bitterly cold wind. This, just another phone shot for the moment.
*THEFT* - I have just been informed that another flickr user is displaying an image of mine as her own on her flickrstream. If you go to my previous post 'Closed for Business' I think you should be able to follow the message to her stream via Celeste's comment. I have informed her to remove MY image immediately and I have blocked her, you may wish to do the same. She appears to have joined flickr only this month, May 2013, and already has almost 1200 contacts. When I blocked her it also linked me to someone called Silestine, maybe they are one and the same.
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According to Wikipedia, the people of VÃk practise evacuation drills up to the church, in the event of an eruption of Mount Katla, which slumbers beneath the local Mýrdalsjökull glacier. An eruption could unleash a flash flood of meltwater on the low-lying town. We saw a devastated riverbed some miles further east, which suffered a similar flash flood from Eyjafjallajökull last year.
A stormy autumn day in South Iceland on the coast.
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The village of VÃk à Mýrdal is the southernmost village in Iceland, located on the main ring road around the island, around 180 km by road southeast of the capital ReykjavÃk.
Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around and is an important staging post.
VÃk lies directly beneath the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which itself is on top of the Katla volcano. Katla has not erupted since 1918, and this longer than typical repose period has led to speculation that an eruption may occur soon. An eruption of Katla could melt enough ice to trigger an enormous flash flood, potentially large enough to obliterate the entire town. The town's church, located high on a hill, is believed to be the only building that would survive such a flood.