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Dettifoss is the European waterfall with the largest energy content (Height x flow). The river drains the north side of the Vatnajökull glacier, hence the flow is particularly strong in the summer, when tourists are around. Because the river passes an area formed by large ash volcanoes, the water appears gray or black, and the erosion caused by transported material is so strong that no vegetation is able to get a foothold.

Less than one km above, there is another waterfall, Selfoss, which is almost as large. The fall is wider and formed as a horseshoe, but the characteristics are very much the same: Dramatic rock formations, gray water, no vegetation, and a beautiful waterfall.

Take a look: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/2982965755/

November 2009 this photo made it to the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with the Nikon Coolpix 995 camera: www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/coolpix_995/
In fact taking over for another of my photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3075038937/

This photo appeared in Earth Magazine, November 2009, as subject for the "Where on earth" contest.

This photo was displayed on the weather report in the Norwegian TV station TV2 as winner of the daily photo contest in april 2010.

On tumblr here and here

Nidelven river, Trondheim, Norway. The little island and the little rock on the shore are the only places in the old town where the bedrock is visible, everything else is gravel and clay.

Photo from the old Town Bridge (Gamle Bybro) towards the south east.

reposted from 2009 "Where there is great love there are always miracles."

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3rd place winner in Perfect Petals Competition
www.flickr.com/groups/perfect_petals/discuss/721576219845...

Diestras o zurdas, blancas o negras tienen el mismo valor.
(Pertenecen a un mural que existe en la Plaza de Regla, o de la Catedral, de la ciudad de León (España), y del roce de miles de manos han tomado estas tonalidades).
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Right-handed or left-handed, black or white, have the same value.
(They belong to a mural that exists in the Plaza de Regla, or the Cathedral, in the city of León (Spain), and the touch of thousands of hands have taken these shades).

I caught these little beauties before they became complelely snow covered. Anyone who knows their Holly Berries can easily see that they are a Greek hybrid(hahahahaha)!!

Jökulsarlon is known for its blue and black ice, the black color is caused by fallout from volcanic eruptions. Iceland

Going west from Akureyri in 2007, we passed this charming, dilapidated house. An old farm or summer farm?

We passed the house again in 2010, and found out that it was know as "Bakkasel", the last farm before going to the Öxnadalsheiði mountain pass on route 1. Then I made this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/4813264772/

View from Brennisteinsalda ("Sulfur wave"), a volcano known for its many colors. The light colors are rhyolite, partly colored blue, red or orange by hydrothermal vents rich in sulphur and/or iron. The rhyolite is cracked into small stones, you don't find it as cliffs, the mountains are merely piles of gravel almost without fines. That is why the steep slopes all tend to be in exactly the same angle and the bottom of the valleys are flat riverbeds. The black rocks in the front are hard lava (often with obsidian), the grey is wheatered surface, and the ice blue pond is water. A few very green spots of vegetation can been seen, but for most of the area vegetation gets no foothold. Near Landmannalaugar, Iceland. Some footpaths can be seen, on the bottom to the left a part of the trail to the top of Brennisteinsalda is visible.

On Tumblr

Blue ice with a spectacular shape. He looks like a captain ready to follow his sinking ship into their common watery grave. The ice on this lake, Jökulsarlon, comes from an arm of Iceland's largest glacier, Vatnajökul. The black color is caused by volcanic ashes from eruptions of one of the many volcanos under the ice; probably Gjalp or Grimsvötn, which both erupted around the turn of the century.

I was quite disappointed when I first time saw the photo on the computer, it was very different from how I remembered him. See the unedited original here. www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/4174859678/ I was so disappointed that I did not include the photo when presenting photos of the trips to those who had joined me, and it took at least one month from uploading before I posted it.

That changed when I started to edit my photos. This edited version is much closer to what I saw, and was an immediate success on Flickr. Nevertheless, I consider redoing the editing now with more experience.

In Mars or April 2009 I discovered that this photo was on the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with the Nikon Coolpix 995 camera: www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/coolpix_995/. The photo stayed on the top until November.
Then another one of my photos took over the top position:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3149242346/
I like this list (15th nov)
www.flickr.com/search/?q=coolpix_995&ss=1&s=int

Not all mountains on Iceland are volcanoes, there are also "normal" mountains. But even "normal" mountains are exceptional on Iceland.

Eystra Horn at Hvalnes, south east of Vatnajökull.

Foto fra Stave ved Ikornnes. Riksheim til høyre. Fjellet heter Straumshornet og finnes på så mange av mine bilder at jeg har laget et eget set for det.

Photo across the inner part of Sykkylvsfjorden, a small arm of Storfjorden (which is known by those visiting Geiranger by boat).The mountain Straumshornet is found on several of my photos and has got a set by itself (see to the right).

By the way, "Tåke" (pronounced "talk-eh") means fog. "Straumshornet" means the horn (commonly used name for such mountains) by "Straumen" (the stream), which is the name for a very, very short river - one of the shortest in the world. If you don't believe me, take a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3253514515/

Note the challenge. There are several red (not black!) dots on the picture. What is it? You will fiind the answer on this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3644579267/, where you see the same dots from the other side.

May 7th, 2009, this photo reached the top of the list of the most "interesting" photos made with a Nikon D90. www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/d90/. During the early days of 2010 it was displaced by another of my photos: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3568528884/

On tumblr here and here and several places here

Sykkylven, Norway. A scan of a photo from the early 80'es.

I looked out the window and saw the special light that day and hurried up to the roof of my parents house. Put the camera on the chimney and took one picture. Had to wait some days to see result, but it immediately became my favorite. A 30x50 cm copy is hanging on the wall in our living room.

An rescan of the picture more in accordance with the original is found here: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3075299680/

A few minutes before you reach the top of Straumshornet, you pass this wall: It looks as if it was cut with a knife, and I remember it as more than 100 m down - possibly far more. The fjord far down is almost 1000 m below. My eldest son is looking confidently over the edge, and has nerves for a smile. My sister is a bit more careful, like most will find wise. Or, to be honest, most others would not even dare to come that close. Fortunately, you don't have to. The path passes a relieving 2-3 meter from the edge, and there are lots of other mountains you can choose instead.

Scan of a photo made August 1995.

Sandvikshornet (874 m.o.h.) sett fra Magerholm.

Sandvikshornet ("The horn of the sandy bay") seen from Magerholm ("Skinny island") across Storfjorden ("The big fjord"). Magerholm is the ferry harbor if you want to cross the fjord to Sykkylven, which the mountain belongs to. The mountain is problably the most visited mountain in Sykkylven. You minimum need 1 - 1 1/2 hour to reach the top, depending on where you start, but most will use 2 - 4 hours.

Compare with this photo www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/2821839808/in/ taken a few minutes earlier from approx the same place, but turning the camera to the right. The picures do not overlap, there is 1-2 km of the hill to the right missing.

A spectacular sunset that day gave rise to many beautiful photos, including this one of my favorite mountain Straumshornet.

Sykkylven, Norway

White limestone cliffs on the east side of Sivy Vrch in Zapadne Tatry, the eastern part of Vysoke Tatry (The High Tatras), Slovakia. The town Zuberec in the background

The mountain Skorpshorn in Sykkylven, Norway, in late evening red sunshine. Note the glacier in the center of the picture, which is known to the locals as the head of a bear.

Looks almost a bit like Uluru.

Regndalen (Rain Valley), Sykkylven, Norway. Intensely green, due to the cloudy and wet weather and a lake with water coming from a glacier and therefore is greenish. The boy's red outfit was just perfect for the picture.

Strbske pleso, Vysoke Tatry. My son found a quiet place on one of the stones scattered on the lake.