Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/842 The Kerið volcano crater. Yes, the peculiar colours are real.
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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/847 A lava field after the rain
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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/852 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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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/860 Looking across the valley towards the North American plate.
Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/861 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.
Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/863 Ganesh before the valley
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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/865 From the visitors centre at Þingvellir, the pale thing in the distance is a shield volcano.
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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/868 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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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/871 Hraunfossar - waterfalls from under the lava field.
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Photo /users/aendr/whiterabbit/875 Here we can go up onto the lava field and we can see the twisting and turning of the lava.
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