Finn Killeen
Skógafoss pouring into a misty green gorge
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South Coast to the North, Iceland · 64.96° N · 19.02° W

Iceland

Waterfalls you can walk behind, black-sand beaches, a lagoon full of icebergs, and my first Atlantic Puffin.

Rough draft: the full story is still being written.

A loop through Iceland in late June, when the sun barely sets and the lupines are blooming along every road.

The South Coast

Seljalandsfoss, where you can walk all the way behind the falls, and then Skógafoss, 60 meters of falling water. Write about the first day: the drive, the mist, getting soaked.

Black sand and basalt

The columns and black sand at Reynisfjara, and the “Yoda” cave. What was the beach like? The waves there are famous for a reason.

Ice

The glacier tongues, then Jökulsárlón, a lagoon full of icebergs calving off the glacier. Tell about seeing it in the evening light.

Puffins and the north

An Atlantic Puffin on a cliff edge, then Goðafoss on the way north. Which moment from the trip do you remember most?

Photos · 41

Finn grinning in front of the tall concrete spire of Hallgrímskirkja churchLooking out from behind the curtain of Seljalandsfoss waterfallSeljalandsfoss falling behind a field of buttercupsA turf-roofed stone house built into a mossy rock outcropSkógafoss pouring into a misty green gorgePurple lupines under grey skiesSteep moss-green cliffs under an overcast skyBlack-and-white photo of hexagonal basalt columnsBlack-and-white photo of surf foam meeting black sandSeljalandsfoss and its smaller neighbor falling over a mossy cliffSeljalandsfoss seen from the side pathFinn silhouetted behind the curtain of Seljalandsfoss, thumbs upSeljalandsfoss framed by the cave behind itA person with arms spread on a rock beside the falling water of SeljalandsfossThe Skógá river cutting through a deep green gorgeFinn smiling with a thumbs up beside SkógafossFinn in a beanie in front of the basalt column cave at ReynisfjaraThe Reynisdrangar sea stacks off the black sand beachMossy cliffs and basalt columns above the black sand beachGreen-topped cliffs over Reynisfjara’s black sandLooking out of a dark sea cave toward the oceanA crevassed blue-white glacier tongueIcebergs drifting in Jökulsárlón glacier lagoonA lava field blanketed in thick green mossA small group roped up on a grey glacier under low cloudsFinn in an orange helmet making a surprised face on the glacierRippled ice ridges and crevasses across a glacierFinn in a helmet holding an ice axe on the glacierChunks of glacier ice scattered on black sand in the surfA hand holding up a clear chunk of glacier iceBlue icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón under a bright cloudy skyA Viking ship replica with painted round shieldsAn Atlantic Puffin with wings spread on a cliff edgeAn Atlantic Puffin standing on a grassy cliff edgeAn Atlantic Puffin in the grass above the seaAn Atlantic Puffin mid-step on a rocky ledgeA close view of an Atlantic Puffin on a dirt path by the seaThe wide horseshoe falls of GoðafossGoðafoss under heavy cloudsA turquoise river rushing through a lava gorgeFinn in a bobble hat above the blue crater lake at Kerið