Posted on September 3, 2011January 27, 2013Driving Along Þjóðvegur 1 in a Rain Storm Driving along the ring road in a rain storm. The road stretches on for kilometers like this. Straight as an arrow. No traffic. The ocean is somewhere out there.
Posted on September 3, 2011January 27, 2013Gigjukvisl Bridge The ice cap looming in the clouds. Periodically, large flows of water emanate from beneath the ice due to volcanic activity. The big delta that the road crosses was created by the runoff from the glaciers above. A jökulhlaup took out this bridge in 1996.
Posted on September 3, 2011January 27, 2013View of Svinafellsjökull from the Highway Glaciers behind me, the ocean in front of me. What a dynamic landscape!