After our hiking experiences in Asbyrgi and our return to Myvatn we explored our beloved lava and sulphur fields once more. The formations up there are just breath-taking, yet as more and more people stampede through them (despite barriers being erected) I assume it will only be a question of time when they are damaged or gone
The views down towards the interior (desert…)
It’s active here
Lake Myvatn
And once more in a panorama
We are usually staying in the same camp-site every time as it’s the most peaceful one and next to a hotel where I grab my morning coffee (and Internet). As they are did absolutely nothing the last 4 years (and before…) things are falling apart
Typical Icelandic view
What a wonderful sunset from our kitchen table
nightly pleasures
another part of the Myvatn area
colourful lava
in big chunks
as far as the eye can see
sometimes the lava leaves these tubes standing
which remain (and can be in places several hundred meters long)
active earth…
A whole mountain flank is steaming
The night I took the 8×10 up the crater of the Hverfjell volcano crater
Beautiful sunset
Next day, clear sky at Viti (= hell)
The geothermal power plant in Myvatn
No wind, just sun – smoke signs
Viti crater
Hikers paradise
and steaming mud and sulphur pools
bubbles all around you
with all kind of colours (and smells…)
and one more…
aside the lava field in full steam
very impressive
steam rises against the clear sky
active earth
and the river of lava from the eruptions in the 18th century as well as the new one from the 1970s
Sometimes you hate the other tourists! Who can be so thick to step into an active sight like this – not only is it dangerous (we talk 100+ °C) but it destroys the view for years (or centuries)
the sulphur is so beautiful to view
Sauron’s 3rd teeth
Well, the goblin version (broken and shattered)
One downside of the weather are the hordes of flies swarming around you (they don’t sting or bit but more suck (no, not that way, but literally)) . As soon as there is a non windy side they gather and attack. Creeping into noses, ears, etc. Ursula got a mosquito net which helps a lot, but Muslim style hiking is not easy as you see very little…
on the ridge of Hverfjell once more – this time (for the first time ever since we came to Iceland) we made the whole ring. In 2008 it was far too cold, in 2012 you were nearly blown away – now it was perfect!
Isn’t that a view – a volcano as one expects one
Lady hiker…
Over the volcano to the lake
sunset again beautiful
setting up the equipment is quite a task (especially taking the 24 kg up the slope …)
Well, I mentioned the flies
The weather is changing and you can see it in the sky already – altering winds
So next day we are off towards the East and then we will see…
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