Kitty

As Kitty was getting old, she adopted new sitting positions and liked to stay warm. This image is from January 2012.

The gates to the hills - gate on the hiking path to Littla Nes Waterfall at Langaflott lake

Iceland, summer 2012

And this is that magic hotpot at the backpackers' place of yesterdays image.

Summer 2012, Iceland.

A house in the mountains

This is a backpackers' quater in the highlands of Iceland near Snaefells mountain (not Snaefellsnes).

We stayed the night there and engulfed ourselves in the natural hotpots that you see out infront of the house and to the side.

The deep spillway

This is the spillway of a dam in the Icelandic highlands.

Road in the Sunshine

These roads in the empty landscape, lying in plain sunshine, just make me grab my camera.

Iceland, summer 2012

A very hidden mountain that is very famous, still few toursist notice it.

Herðubreið.

 

Iceland, summer 2012

Glacial River Land

Where the glacier retreats, vegetation starts out. The greens are as intense as the black of the vocanic rock is.

The View into the Blue

When driving through the high lands in Iceland, it is important to stay on the tracks that are established. Even if the area looks like a big gravel bed, this is glacial sediment that is conquered, slowly, by plants and animals and if you drive over it, you destroy the flora that is already estabilished.

This is the section between Snaefells snow cap and Vatnajökull glacier. The glacier is that white edge in the back ground. You can not believe how big it is, untill you are right there. And then from horizon to horizon, there is just that gigantic egde of ice.

Painted Land

Icelandic mountains are coming up in many different colors and give the impression that the land was painted by someone really creative.

Ice Bridge

When exploring the back side of Vatnajökull glacier in the Icelandic highlands we found this arching ice bridge in this vast and empty part of the rock desert.

The Rolling Stone

A huge rock, rounded by Vatnajökull glacier

Iceland, summer 2012

Snaefell Icecap

This is the ice cap of Snaefell mountain. This is in the Icelanddic highlands, not on Snaefellsnes. 

Iceland, summer 2012

Intense Green

In the highland near Snaefell Mountain cap.

Horses

Look at all the follies that are passed out next to their mothers!

Iceland, summer 2012

Dettifoss Rainbow

The mighty Dettifoss in the north of Iceland was thundering down into the depth so massively, that your ears are roaring with the noise and you have to shout to talk to each other. At the same time, it was radiant with a fragile rainbow in the mist.

Into the Sky

This house is reaching into the sky in Dortmund.

This image I was taking a while ago for the regular photocontest that I am taking part in. I did hand in another one but I just came across this one here today and wanted to bring it out.

Look over the city

This royal person is enjoying an eternal view over Coimbra, Portugal.

Old Architecture

This is a church from Portugal that - crammed into a little corner - was surely looking more regal and more exposed in former times. Now the city has taken it in entirely.

The Leading Lines

This image is taken on Norderney, North Sea, Germany.