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The village of Vík í 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 Reykjavík.
Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around and is an important staging post.
Vík 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.
*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.
The famous Reynisdrangar rocks of Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach with its big sneaky waves that knock down so many unaware tourists. Near by is a small town call Vik
A stormy autumn day in South Iceland on the coast.
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South Iceland, the petrified "troll" ship at sunrise, the lens I used is in its death throes, I had it since 2005, it's not a good lens anyway, but it served well until it fell from a bed to a tiled floor in a hotel room in Spain 6 months ago, it's never been the same since, it won't focus if there are any filters, the image stabilizer function is gone, and it won't work with a timer, but fortunately still works with a remote and no filters (sometimes).
A view overlooking the black sand beach at Vik, with its offshore stacks breaking the horizon. Many of the closing scenes in the 2014 movie "Noah" were filmed in this vicinity.
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The black beach of Vik in the southern part of Iceland. Fierce Atlantic ocean.
Picture taken on my trip to Iceland in October 2013. Only had my ND8 filter with me, so needed a small aperture to "slow down" the water. Post-processing done in Photoshop.
A rare moment in Vik where there is sunshine and the air is warm and crisp.
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A stormy day once again in Vik at the Black Beach. Conditions where hard to shoot in. Sea spray, high winds and somewhere close to a million tourists.
Beautiful Vik beach in iceland with model Twig, from a couple of years ago. I thought I'd lost these RAW files but managed to recover them!
Beautiful area to visit on the south shores at Vik with the north Atlantic Ocean crashing onto the black sand beaches and many formations all due to volcanic activity.
Vik is located on the south shore of Iceland and is the warmest area of the island. The summer high averages around 55 degrees while the winter high averages about 39 degrees. The population is less than 300 but the nearest town is 43 miles away, making it a very important service area.
Una de las cosas que mas me llamó la atención de mi viaje por Islandia, fue el colorido de sus edificios. Rojos, naranjas, verdes, azules, inundan las cubiertas y paredes de los edificios marcando un contraste con los tonos grisáceos de los cielos nublados y las laderas volcánicas de las montañas. En la foto el tejado de un color rojo intenso de la iglesia de Vik, destaca sobre el verde de la pradera de la montaña a lo lejos.
One of the things that caught my eyes most of the time during my recent trip to Iceland, was the color of its buildings. Reds, oranges, greens, blues, flood the roofs and walls of buildings marking a contrast with the gray tones of cloudy skies and volcanic hillsides. In the picture the bright red roof of Vik's church, highlights over the green mountain meadow in the distance.
Shame we didnt get any stars but i still enjoyed the light being produced by the lighthouse.
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