Album: Iceland:Day 1
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Geysir: A geyser located in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss: A waterfall located in southwest Iceland.
Seljalandsfoss: A waterfall located in southwest Iceland.
Eyjafjallajokull: Site of eruption in 2010.
Skogafoss: A waterfall located in southwest Iceland.
Vik: We stopped by this town to visit a black sand beach.
Islandia Hotel Nupar: Our hotel for two nights.

Robot smackdown
View from the tour bus after getting picked up in Reykjavik
Geysir
First stop
Welcome to Geysir sign Fumarole
Hot spring
Steamy
Hot spring
Notice how on one side, the water is blue and the other side is clear. It's the same water with the same minerals, but the temperature makes one side appear blue.
Hot spring
Clear side
Geysir
Just starting to go off
Geysir
Got a bit shocked how high the geyser shot up and how the aftermath was all blowing our way. This is a picture of all the mist heading right for us.
Geysir
Now in a better spot, the geyser is going off again.
Geysir
A little bit higher now.
Geysir
Still going.
Geysir
And done.
Geysir
A picture of the area.
Gullfoss
Informational sign
Gullfoss
Gullfoss Gullfoss Gullfoss Gullfoss
Gullfoss Gullfoss Chris Gullfoss
Sigridur
She worked to save and protect Gullfoss
Memorial for Sigridur Gullfoss
From up above
Gullfoss
Gullfoss Lunch at Gullfoss
Tomato soup
Hekla
One of Iceland's most active volcanoes
Seljalandsfoss
The camera lens, and us, are getting very wet at this point.
Seljalandsfoss
Notice you can walk behind it.
Seljalandsfoss
Starting to walk behind it. Notice the guy parasailing in the distance.
Seljalandsfoss
Behind the waterfall.
Seljalandsfoss
Behind the waterfall.
Seljalandsfoss
Made it to the other side.
Eyjafjallajokull
We're standing in front of the farm shown in this sign.
Eyjafjallajokull
As it looked when we visited.
Eyjafjallajokull
Eyjafjallajokull
Our tour guide Anna telling us about the 2010 eruption
Skogafoss Skogafoss Skogafoss
Double rainbow!
Skogafoss Skogafoss Skogafoss Skogafoss
Vik Black sand beach in Vik
We were suppose to stop at a different black sand beach, but we weren't allowed to enter it as an American movie was being filmed there.
Black sand beach Black sand beach
Black sand beach Myrdalsjokull glacier
Taken from the bus
Out for a short walk View from trail
Standing on basalt columns Top of basalt columns Our hotel for the next two nights Our hotel
Our room Bathroom
Notice there is nothing stopping the water from the shower from going all over the floor.
Our tour bus Chris' dinner
buffet
Michelle's dinner
Lightly seasoned white rice, small salad, and fruit.
Album created by album script from Marginal Hacks by David Madison on Mon Dec 10 13:50:45 2012