#eldhraun

Eldhraun Lava Fields (04.10.24)

1. Eldhraun Lava Field, South Iceland

A lava field the size of a country, covered in moss so green it doesn't look real. It is. Every inch of it.

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Earth Bit Lab — Iceland Series: Before the Map Ends

Most people see Iceland from the road. The waterfall everyone photographs. The lagoon everyone visits. The glacier everyone stands in front of.

These are not those places.

Laki lava field, Iceland

11. Eldhraun Lava Field under Northern Lights, South Iceland.

Eldhraun at night. The aurora finds the moss and they share the same green. For a few hours, the sky and the earth become the same thing.

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Earth Bit Lab — Iceland Series: Before the Map Ends

Most people see Iceland from the road. The waterfall everyone photographs. The lagoon everyone visits. The glacier everyone stands in front of.

These are not those places.

These are the ones the island kept for itself — the hidden canyon, the steaming valley, the lava cave that glows for no reason, the crater that shouldn't be that color. The Iceland that exists just past the point where most people turn back.

1. Threatening clouds above a massive glacier at Vatnajökull National Park, seen from the Ring Road.   *** Mile after mile, the wild, empty landscape of South Iceland unspooled its magic. Jagged mountains leaned in like formidable eminences grises, fat sheep grazed in tawny fields, ancient blocks of lava reached darkly toward the sea. Spaciousness reigns in Iceland, especially in the South. One…