Iceland - land of fire and ice, 2015

Car tour around the whole coast of the island including a few jaunts towards the interior. Main visited places: active and inactive volcanoes, geysers exploding to tens of meters, fumaroles emiting steam and gases such as sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride, lava fields stretching to the horizon, huge glaciers, powerful waterfalls, ocean cliffs, black beaches, caves in glaciers and in lava as well as hydrothermal spa: Blue Lagoon and Jardbodin. Total travel route - over 2 thousand kilometres.


Map of Iceland.


Fumarole.


Lava field stretching to the horizon.


Church in a small harbour village.


Area with hot springs and fumaroles.


Area with hot springs and fumaroles.


Waterfall.


Waterfall.


Lupine.


In Pingvellir National Park (on the UNESCO World Heritage list).


Black Beach.


Black Beach.


Black Beach.


Landscape somewhere on the route.


Landscape somewhere on the route.


Tongue of Vatnajokull - the largest glacier in Europe.


Penis museum in Reykjavik.


Majestic Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon.


Majestic Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon.


Driving on icelandic roads is not easy.


Sheep - common sight on the road.


Waterfall.


Even in summer it can here be chilly (6 degrees of Celsius at mid-day on mid-July).


Dettifoss - the largest waterfall in Europe.


Fumarole.


At sunset.


Crater.


Geothermal spa Blue Lagoon.


In geothermal spa Blue Lagoon.


Icelandic horses.


Eruption of geyser.


Waterfall.