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The Kerið volcano crater. Yes, the peculiar colours are real. |
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A lava field after the rain |
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Þingvellir. The Mid Atlantic Ridge comes to the surface at Iceland and this valley is the rift valley between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. The ridge of rock in this picture is the edge of the Eurasian plate. |
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Snow! |
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Looking across the valley towards the North American plate. |
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The Lögberg, or Law Rock, where the Laws would be recited. We are in the location of the Alþing where the affairs of the country would be decided, from AD 930. |
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Ganesh before the valley |
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From the visitors centre at Þingvellir, the pale thing in the distance is a shield volcano. |
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View along the ridge edge. This is the Eurasian side of the rift and it's in two bits as you can see, the other side of the rift valley is kilometres away to the right, and moving away at 2 cm per year. |
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Hraunfossar - waterfalls from under the lava field. |
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Here we can go up onto the lava field and we can see the twisting and turning of the lava. |
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