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| Glaciers |
| Iceland is home to the largest glacier in
Europe (by volume) Vatnajokull (jokull means glacier in Icelandic, vatn means
water or lake, vatna is the plural of vatn) |
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| A local couple told me when they were young
the glacier was up to where they are sitting in this picture |
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| Svínafellsjökull is one of more than 30 outlet
glaciers of Vatnajokull |
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| Our only day of ten with actual bright
sunshine for a prolonged period |
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| Outlet glaciers appear through the low lying
clouds |
| Glacier Lagoon |
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| Icebergs cave off the glacier, are swept out
to sea and thrown back on the beach |
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| Fjallsarlon (The name
of the lake) Fjallsjokull is the
glacier (An arm of the huge Vatnsjokull) |
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| Just two lakes and a few miles south of Glacier Lagoon, it
had a lot less tourists (A few instead of hundreds) |
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| The top of Iceland clouded in
(3840 wide) |
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| Tinaborg (Rocky outcrop on the glacier,
distant right of center is Hvannadalshnukur) |
A peek at the peak (Hvannadalshnukur
through the clouds 2110 meters or 6923 feet above sea level) |
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