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February 19 - Glaciers and other ice
Photographer: Josh Eckels
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Day breaks over the farm
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Basalt outcropping
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Hay and glacier
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The farm next door
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Deteriorating shed
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The guesthouse
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Assorted machinery, in various states of repair
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Pastoral panorama
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Inspector on duty
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Chowing down in the sheep barn
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A friendly grin
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Black sheep
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Nice horns
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Hopefully enough to get through the winter
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Looking for love
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Ready to herd
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The sheep setup
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Clearing skies
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At the base of the cliffs
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First glimpse of Jökulsįrlón
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The river leading out to sea
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With ash or gravel layer
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Jammed up at the south end
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Like a wave ready to break
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Crystal clear
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Down at the lagoon
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Glassy smooth
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Semi-open water
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In the shallows
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Seal in the distance
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Upright
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Snowy plains
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Air pockets
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Dripping overhang
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Rippled blue
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More seals
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Stacked
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Up on the ridge
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Looking down the slope
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Ice everywhere
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Plates of ice near shore
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Slender ice finger
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Erosion
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Hairy ice crystals
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Weird sculptures
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Clear up close
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Breišamerkurjökull, source of the ice
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Plates and swoop
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Very blue skies
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Heaving up
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Tiny stream
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Bored out
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Receding glacier
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Ash-striped
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Seals at the edge of the ice
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Crazy sculpture
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Staying flat to the ice
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Full view
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Vertical ice
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Dirty section
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Breaks in the pack ice
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Stone circle
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Blue streaks
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Gray layers
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More ash
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Gentle slopes
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Cafe and gift shop
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Ice jam
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Beware of sheep
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Grassy section
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Distinctively shaggy Icelandic horses
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Like Fabio of the horse kingdom
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Not sure if he can see me
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Nice and shaggy
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Pretty mellow creatures
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Scratching on the fence
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Grazing away
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Everything has a name
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Craggy section
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River basin
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Leading back to the ice
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At the edge of the silt
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Black and blue
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Icelandic donuts
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Pedestrian bridge
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Carved up
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Flįajökull glacier
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Getting close to the tongue
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Up alongside the ice
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Definitely a river of ice
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Sliced by meltwater
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Flįajökull up close and personal
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Blue and gritty
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The very end
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Ice bridge
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Underneath it's like obsidian
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Different melting patterns
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The edge
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Flowing downhill
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Up on the ice
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Starting to get dark
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Under the bridge
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Upheaval
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Stress lines
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Cubed basalt
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Ice to water
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Mossy lowlands
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A little succulent peeks out
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Made it back to the road
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Glacial view from Höfn
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Höfn town view
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Sunset over the bay
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Strange little skeleton
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Farewell to the sun
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