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…