ICELANDIC VIEW FROM THE AIR Hello, friends, community, and nature lovers, greetings! I am hoping all of you are doing well and having a good time with your family and friends. Today, some of the photographs I took from the plane window during my travel to the USA. We usually buy tickets from Iceland Airlines when we travel to Boston, as it is very convenient from Norway. Our plane was in the middle of the day, but as Norwegian days are very short, it felt feeling we were traveling in the evening. Luckily, I got a window seat free of any obstruction from the wing. I wasn't on a photography tour, nor was I equipped for taking these photos. It was just that I got a chance to see this fantastic view without any expectation.
when the plane was turning, I got these two, but still I like them.
After 2 hours, the plane lowered its altitude level and the landscapes clearly visible. I took out my phone camera and started taking these photos with the low sun shining on the fresh snow on the mountains, glaciers, and lava fields. The blue fjords in between the white mountains look like a dramatic painting by nature. As long as possible, I tried to get the best angles. But it wasn't so easy when the plane was vibrating before landing. Here I chose some nice photos that I selected for this post.
The Iceland I saw before: A few years ago, we traveled the same way to the USA. While coming back from Boston, because of delays, we ended up with an 8-hour layover at the Reykjavik/ Keflavik airport in Iceland. Although we were tired, instead of sitting in the airport, we wanted to use our time by exploring Icelandic landscapes and geysers. We rented a car and set out around 8 AM. I was really sleepy while my husband drove and talked to me about the sights. I found myself listening to him while dozing off. However, when we arrived at the main geyser, I was wide awake. I grabbed my camera and ran to take photos.
It was the end of October, the fall season, quite cold and windy, but there was no snow in sight. The landscape was filled with dried, rusty black mountains and barren ground. Coming from a vibrant and colorful atmosphere in Boston, I was shocked to see such desolation around us, with no sign of life. But as soon as we caught sight of the geyser, all my nervousness vanished.
8 am, it was like this. but slowly it started getting light.
We took about two hours to reach the Geysir National Park, famous for producing geothermal energy and erupting tall jets of boiling water.
When we arrived at Geyser Park, it was very nice and lit up. At 10 am, we saw the steam from a distance
My husband started looking around, eventually found a sign that indicated we were in the right place.
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During our time there, I truly experienced the magic of Iceland's nature, which completely lifted my sleepy mood. While we were waiting, we learned that one show of the geyser had just ended, and we would need to wait a while for the next eruption. It wasn't a machine; it was a natural phenomenon, and I had never witnessed anything like it before in my life. The steam we saw earlier was from an eruption that was finished, so now we had to wait a short while for the next show. the 15-minute interval timing is quite regular, so we had time to look around at some other pools that were not so active as well. Here are a few glimpses of that incredible show.
A geyser is a hot spring that intermittently erupts with jets of steam and hot water. The term comes from the Icelandic word Geyser means "to gush." Geysers are formed when groundwater is heated by shallow bodies of magma and are typically found in regions that have experienced volcanic activity in the past.
source> https://www.britannica.com/science/geyser
And we were back airport to catch our flight onward.
Just for comparison I am including a couple of shots after taking off from Norway. though we are just about as far north as Iceland, the landscape is totally different, with autumn colors mixed with green farms and forests.
Thank you very much. These photos were taken by me with my Samsung S22 Ultra from the air and Nikon D40, those old ones. Please do not share any of the photos on any other platform without my permission. Take care, see you soon.