A photo journey into the country of fairy tales.
Today we decided to make a compilation of the emerald-green hills of Iceland, alongside the lunar landscape with fumaroles. In this area of the world, there is no monotony: stains, tints, transitions. Bright blue glaciers, black and red volcanoes and the magical Northern lights create surreal illusion that you are trapped in a fairy land, which is not on any map of the world. Iceland has a very unique nature, painted in unimaginable color combinations.
Black beach of volcanic sand and fragments of ice in the sunset. © Steve Weston
Hraunfossar — a series of small waterfalls with a length of 900 m, composed of hundreds of streams flowing from Hallmundarhraun, lava fields, formed by the eruption of one of the volcanoes under the glacier Lauriemodel in the West of Iceland. © LouieLea
The famous grassy hills near Cape Stokksnes in the South-East of Iceland. © Smit
The Northern lights over the marsh in the valley of Landmannalaugar. A distinctive feature of the valley are colored rhyolite mountains. © Corepics VOF
Icebergs in the glacial lake Jökulsárlón. © Fominayaphoto
Black beach of Reynisfjara, Reynisdrangar cliffs, Cape guests can also enjoy on the South coast of Iceland near the village of Vik. © Andrey Bayda
Fumaroles in the crater of a volcano in Hveravellir. © ClaDae
Basalt columns of the cave of the waterfall, Alaerts. © ClaDae
Active volcano Brennisteinsalda (“sulphur wave”). Its slopes created from lava and ash. Color transitions due to hydrothermal activity. Red and orange is obtained by the interaction with iron, and the blue with grey. © Martin Ystenes
Sunset at mount Kirkjufell. Then — only the ocean. The name of the mountain required the similarity to the shape of the roof of the Church. © Andrew Mayovskyy
Route No. 1, or Ring road, national road in Iceland that runs around the island and connects most of the settlements of the country. The total length of the highway is 1332 km, It passes through some of the most popular tourist attractions. © Shane WP Wongperk
The reflection of the meteor shower in water of geothermal lakes. © Standret
The waterfall Dettifoss has a width of about 100 m and a height of 44 m, which is only 9 m below Niagara falls. Considered the most powerful waterfall in Europe. © tarek touma
Aurora over Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lagoon in Iceland. © Vicki Mar
Sleeping Troll basalt rock Hvitserkur in the North-West of Iceland. Red algae, large rocks, a dramatic sky. © Liz Glasco
The Vatnajokull glacier in Southeast Iceland. © Henk Neve
Colorful volcanic mountains Landmannalaugar in the summer. © Oleg Senkov
The entrance of the ice cave Vatnajökull glacier. © Albert Russ
Rocky lava formations, covered with moss. © Allison Michael
The geyser Strokkur erupts every 4-6 minutes, releasing the water to a height of 30 m, but can sometimes erupt two or three times in a row. The geothermal area around the canyon of the hvita river is part of the Golden ring, a popular tourist route in South Iceland. It begins in Reykjavik, passes through Central Iceland and back to reykjavík. © Puripat Lertpunyaroj
Volcanic craters in the green plains near lake Myvatn. © Inbound Horizons
Contrasting combination of colors crater Laetiporus (“terrible puddle”). The lake is one of the most picturesque natural sites of the valley of Landmannalaugar. © Ilan Shacham
Lava tube (cave) Lamirande, South of Iceland. © DanielFreyr
Spectacular eruption of the volcano Bardarbunga. © Axel Sigurðarson
Blue icebergs in Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lagoon in Iceland. © Olga Gavrilova
Winter Gullfoss (“Golden falls”). © aiaikawa
The skógafoss waterfall is one of the largest and most visited in Iceland. Its width is 25 m and the height of the drop of water 60 meters From the spray formed by the waterfall, in a Sunny and clear day it is possible to observe a single and sometimes a double rainbow. © zukyothman
Black svartifoss waterfall in the national Park, Skaftafell. The waterfall is surrounded by the hexagonal columns of black lava, so got its name. © Rose Ressner
Views of the crater, Hverfjall near lake Myvatn. The diameter of the crater is approximately 1 km ©Ververidis Vasilis
Geothermal crater lake Viti. © Javi Amogüan
Glacial stream and black volcanic beach, meeting, create awesome abstractions. The South Of Iceland. © TRphotos
Hot springs in Hveravellir. © Filip Fuxa
Subglacial volcano Bardarbunga has been erupting constantly over the past years, its activity has increased since 2007. Height of the volcano is 2009 (it is the second highest mountain of Iceland after the peak of Hvannadalshnukur). © Axel Sigurðarson
Blue lagoon — a man-made thermal lake among the volcanic formations. © Valentyna Zhukova
Waves lapping on the beach of Reynisfjara black sand. © Cathlene-Anne Schoeman
Crater lake Kerid in the South of Iceland. © Dennis van de Water
Green banks of the black river. © Andrea Delbo
These waves at sunset formed a strong wind. © Pixels2u
Viagrarush canyon — a gorge about 100 meters deep and 2 km long. Considered one of the most beautiful canyons on the planet. © Emily.Rodsted