Blue ice with a spectacular shape. He looks like a captain ready to follow his sinking ship into their common watery grave. The ice on this lake, Jökulsarlon, comes from an arm of Iceland's largest glacier, Vatnajökul. The black color is caused by volcanic ashes from eruptions of one of the many volcanos under the ice; probably Gjalp or Grimsvötn, which both erupted around the turn of the century.
I was quite disappointed when I first time saw the photo on the computer, it was very different from how I remembered him. See the unedited original here. www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/4174859678/ I was so disappointed that I did not include the photo when presenting photos of the trips to those who had joined me, and it took at least one month from uploading before I posted it.
That changed when I started to edit my photos. This edited version is much closer to what I saw, and was an immediate success on Flickr. Nevertheless, I consider redoing the editing now with more experience.
In Mars or April 2009 I discovered that this photo was on the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with the Nikon Coolpix 995 camera: www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/coolpix_995/. The photo stayed on the top until November.
Then another one of my photos took over the top position:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3149242346/
I like this list (15th nov)
www.flickr.com/search/?q=coolpix_995&ss=1&s=int
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Foto fra Stave ved Ikornnes. Riksheim til høyre. Fjellet heter Straumshornet og finnes på så mange av mine bilder at jeg har laget et eget set for det.
Photo across the inner part of Sykkylvsfjorden, a small arm of Storfjorden (which is known by those visiting Geiranger by boat).The mountain Straumshornet is found on several of my photos and has got a set by itself (see to the right).
By the way, "Tåke" (pronounced "talk-eh") means fog. "Straumshornet" means the horn (commonly used name for such mountains) by "Straumen" (the stream), which is the name for a very, very short river - one of the shortest in the world. If you don't believe me, take a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3253514515/
Note the challenge. There are several red (not black!) dots on the picture. What is it? You will fiind the answer on this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3644579267/, where you see the same dots from the other side.
May 7th, 2009, this photo reached the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with a Nikon D90. www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/d90/. During the early days of 2010 it was displaced by another of my photos: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3568528884/
On tumblr here and here and several places here
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Sykkylven is a municipality of 8000+ inhabitants south of Ålesund on the Norwegian west coast. The main income is furniture productions, Ekornes is the largest producer in Norway and well known all over the world.
But what you will notice when you come to Sykkylven is not the industry, but the beauty of the nature and the mountains in particular. These mountains are among the most alpine mountains in Norway, and reach heights of 1300 to 1600 m.
The photo shows Aure, the center of Sykkylven, seen from the marina.
The dominating mountain in the background is Trollkyrkja. Left of the center is Råna, the highest mountain on the photo. They are both a part of Sunnmørsalpane, and specifically the area called Rånahalvøya, "The Råna Peninsula", which is known for its many peaks and several small glaciers. Three of the minor glaciers can bee seen here: Ljosåbreen on Trollkyrkja and Blåbreen ("Blue glacier") on the mountainside just below Råna on the picture. In the background to the left is a part of the somewhat larger glacier in the Regndalen valley.
On tumblr here and here
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Husavik, a harbor for fishermen on the northern Iceland.
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Dettifoss is the European waterfall with the largest energy content (Height x flow). The river drains the north side of the Vatnajökull glacier, hence the flow is particularly strong in the summer, when tourists are around. Because the river passes an area formed by large ash volcanoes, the water appears gray or black, and the erosion caused by transported material is so strong that no vegetation is able to get a foothold.
Less than one km above, there is another waterfall, Selfoss, which is almost as large. The fall is wider and formed as a horseshoe, but the characteristics are very much the same: Dramatic rock formations, gray water, no vegetation, and a beautiful waterfall.
Take a look: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/2982965755/
November 2009 this photo made it to the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with the Nikon Coolpix 995 camera: www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/coolpix_995/
In fact taking over for another of my photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3075038937/
This photo appeared in Earth Magazine, November 2009, as subject for the "Where on earth" contest.
This photo was displayed on the weather report in the Norwegian TV station TV2 as winner of the daily photo contest in april 2010.
On tumblr here and here
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