Iceland: A PHOTO TR

[Binky]

Laugarvatn and River Holaa




The search for artic char ends











Some scenics and other stuff

[2FUNKY]

Rad!

[teleee]

Hell ya man! Thanks for sharing

[wyeaster]

holy shit i thought you were a porn bot!

[Kopi_Red]

Nice!

[Binky]

holy shit i thought you were a porn bot!

Ain't nothing wrong with brightening a day with some pussy shots

[wyeaster]

[wyeaster]

yeah those rocks are super cool

[Jong Lafitte]

That's awesome man, thanks for sharing!

[Ignatius]

Very cool. I'd never seen Iceland as a fishing destination. But I do love me some geology, and particularly volcanic geology.

On the topic of those vertical features: that's a great example of columnar jointing. (Off topic somewhat: my favorite example is the cliff faces in the Owens River gorge (east side of Sierras), where hot springs disrupted the thermal gradients and created flower-shaped columnar jointing patterns. Super cool, if you're into that particular aspect of nerdery...)

Back on topic: thank you for posting!

[Binky]

Very cool. I'd never seen Iceland as a fishing destination. But I do love me some geology, and particularly volcanic geology.

On the topic of those vertical features: that's a great example of columnar jointing. (Off topic somewhat: my favorite example is the cliff faces in the Owens River gorge (east side of Sierras), where hot springs disrupted the thermal gradients and created flower-shaped columnar jointing patterns. Super cool, if you're into that particular aspect of nerdery...)

Back on topic: thank you for posting!

Iceland is definitely a fishing destination. The water is almost entirely private and there are gigantic brown trout, lake-locked and sea run artic char, sea trout, Atlantic salmon, and numerous ocean species. The private water is highly regulated. On the stretch of the River Holaa that we fished, a maximum of 8 rods per day is permitted. We were also required by the farmer/landowner to use barbless hooks since we were fishing catch and release.

These columns that you see pictured are the basalt columns at Reynisdrangur

[The AD]

These columns that you see picture are the basalt columns at Reynisdrangur

I guess I'm drawn to those. I've got photos from that formation in Iceland as well as this one from the Columbia Gorge in Oregon:

Geology Lesson by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr