Iceland

Icelandic names are almost all very long and unpronouncable to English speakers.

This dock is mostly used for tourist trips, such as whale or aurora watching

This church dominates the center of Reykjavik

As the tide goes out, the water creates intricate patterns on the beach

The black beach is the result of a particular black lava flow thousands of years ago

Our photo tour guide took a selfie with this group of Icelandic horses

Mountains and lagoon alongside Vestrahorn in the South of iceland

The only active geysir erupts every 5 to 7 minutes, forming a bubble of gas that expands out until it blows 50 feet or more into the air

Geysir National Park also has many thermal springs that look much like those found in Yellowstone

Oxararfoss waterfall

Oxararfoss waterfall

Icelandic horses abound on the island. This horse was coughing, but it looks more like a laugh!

icelandic horses are friendly, and this one wanted to nuzzle Evelyn

Icelandic horses nuzzling

This is one of hundreds of waterfalls in Iceland

it is easy to spend hours just watching and photographing the tide coming in

"foss" means waterfall in Icelandic, so "Kirkjufellsfosi" means "Kirkjufell waterfall"

Another view of the famous Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall (which is redundant, since 'foss' means waterfall...)

This mud geysir became active only a couple weeks before this image. A thermal power plant can be seen in the background.