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Iceland

I drove the south coast and the Snaefellsnes peninsula in June 2024, mostly in rain. Waterfalls, basalt, a glacier lagoon and a black church on a green plain.

Skógafoss3 photographs Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon3 photographs Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon1 photographs Dyrhólaey1 photographs Snæfellsnes peninsula7 photographs Gullfoss and the Golden Circle10 photographs South coast waterfalls8 photographs

Elsewhere in Iceland

Iceland - June 2024: A milky turquoise geothermal spa lagoon stretches toward volcanic hills under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.
Turquoise geothermal lagoon beneath a bright blue sky, IcelandLicense
Iceland - June 2024: Volcanic rocks rise from milky turquoise geothermal water with steam drifting across the surface under a partly cloudy sky.
Steaming turquoise geothermal water among volcanic rocks, IcelandLicense
Iceland - June 2024: A vast field of moss-covered lava rock stretches toward a flat-topped mountain under a partly cloudy sky.
Moss-covered lava field with a distant mountain, IcelandLicense
Reykjavik, Iceland - June 2024: A rainbow-painted pedestrian street lined with colorful shops leads toward Hallgrimskirkja church in the distance.
Rainbow-painted street leading to Hallgrimskirkja church, ReykjavikLicense
A red tulip in bud stands among green grass with yellow daffodils blurred in the background.
Red tulip bud among green grass and yellow flowersLicense
Iceland - June 2024: A deep volcanic crater holds a still teal lake, its slopes striped with red volcanic soil and green vegetation, beneath a distant flat-topped mountain.
Volcanic crater lake with red and green slopes, IcelandLicense
Iceland - June 2024: A broad snow-streaked mountain rises under a heavy blanket of gray clouds above open highland terrain.
Snow-streaked mountain beneath heavy clouds, IcelandLicense
Iceland - June 2024: A layered volcanic mountain ridge with patches of snow rises above green highland fields under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Layered volcanic mountain ridge under a blue sky, IcelandLicense
Iceland - June 2024: A rugged, layered mountain peak rises above green fields under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.
Rugged mountain peak against a blue sky with clouds, IcelandLicense
Wide valley of volcanic lava fields beneath snow-patched mountain ridges in the Icelandic interior.
Snow-streaked volcanic peaks above a lava field valley, IcelandLicense
A striated, pyramid-shaped peak rises from a dark volcanic outwash plain beneath layered highland mountains, Iceland.
Pyramid-shaped peak on an Icelandic highland outwash plainLicense
Close-up of glacier ice showing striped patterns of dark volcanic ash and bright white ice, Iceland.
Ash-streaked glacier ice texture close-up, IcelandLicense