Album: Iceland:Day 10
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Boundary between the Eurasian and North American plates.
Thingvellir: National Park. The location of the first Icelandic Parliament.
Hotel Fron: Back at Hotel Fron for our last night in Reykjavik.

Volcanic crater with a lake (Kerid).
It is a small caldera, made in the way that a chambers roof fell and the water is ground water. (Thanks Anna Laura for the correction!)
Volcanic crater
Chris
Volcanic crater Volcanic crater
Near Mid-Atlantic Ridge
This lake is getting deeper as the continents drift apart.
Near Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Another tour group going scuba diving
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Scuba divers Scuba divers Welcome to Thingvellir Thingvellir
Near the bottom of the picture, in the water, are coins. You throw one in and if you see it hit the bottom, your wish comes true.
Coins Thingvellir Thingvellir
Church
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Church
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Cemetery
Thingvellir
History of the ell and yard
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The easternmost edge of the North American plate.
Thingvellir
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Punishments at Alpingi
Thingvellir
The Great Edict
Thingvellir
Women who were drowned at Thingvellir
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National Festivals at Thingvellir
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The Law Rock
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Law Council
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Courts of Law
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Our room
Hotel Fron
Our room
Hotel Fron
View from our balcony View from our balcony
View from our balcony Our balcony
From the street
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