Home - 2015 - Iceland - February 19 - Glaciers and other ice

Photographer: Josh Eckels

Day breaks over the farm Basalt outcropping Hay and glacier The farm next door Deteriorating shed The guesthouse Assorted machinery, in various states of repair Pastoral panorama Inspector on duty Chowing down in the sheep barn A friendly grin Black sheep Nice horns Hopefully enough to get through the winter Looking for love Ready to herd The sheep setup Clearing skies At the base of the cliffs First glimpse of Jökulsįrlón The river leading out to sea With ash or gravel layer Jammed up at the south end Like a wave ready to break Crystal clear Down at the lagoon Glassy smooth Semi-open water In the shallows Seal in the distance Upright Snowy plains Air pockets Dripping overhang Rippled blue More seals Stacked Up on the ridge Looking down the slope Ice everywhere Plates of ice near shore Slender ice finger Erosion Hairy ice crystals Weird sculptures Clear up close Breišamerkurjökull, source of the ice Plates and swoop Very blue skies Heaving up Tiny stream Bored out Receding glacier Ash-striped Seals at the edge of the ice Crazy sculpture Staying flat to the ice Full view Vertical ice Dirty section Breaks in the pack ice Stone circle Blue streaks Gray layers More ash Gentle slopes Cafe and gift shop Ice jam Beware of sheep Grassy section Distinctively shaggy Icelandic horses Like Fabio of the horse kingdom Not sure if he can see me Nice and shaggy Pretty mellow creatures Scratching on the fence Grazing away Everything has a name Craggy section River basin Leading back to the ice At the edge of the silt Black and blue Icelandic donuts Pedestrian bridge Carved up Flįajökull glacier Getting close to the tongue Up alongside the ice Definitely a river of ice Sliced by meltwater Flįajökull up close and personal Blue and gritty The very end Ice bridge Underneath it's like obsidian Different melting patterns The edge Flowing downhill Up on the ice Starting to get dark Under the bridge Upheaval Stress lines Cubed basalt Ice to water Mossy lowlands A little succulent peeks out Made it back to the road Glacial view from Höfn Höfn town view Sunset over the bay Strange little skeleton Farewell to the sun

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