As some of you already know, there is a volcano eruption going on in Iceland right now. Obviously the only thing to do was to drive up to the volcano. Every single modified SUV was there, it was more crowded than downtown Reykjavík (not like that is impressive ).
Anyway, I'll let the pictures do the talking. (Right click > view image for higher resolution)
The group of people we traveled with (about 1/100th of the people on the glacier that day)
The volcano in a distance
Yours truly
Getting closer to the volcano
Shitloads of jeeps on 38"+ tires
Crater in sight
More jeeps
Me again (it was -20°C without wind chill )
Finally see something glowing
Teh pose. You could actually feel the heat from the volcano there.
My dad giving it the thumbs up
Waterfall being created by the heat
Notice how the lava is creating new landscape
Me and my uncle
Shitload of people on the other side of the canyon
Trail of lava, contrary to what you see there is a LOT of lava flowing below the rocky layer
My granddad, uncle and I.
Canyon where the lava flows
GET TO DA CHOPPAH!
Taking a picture of some guy taking a picture
River of lava
Shitload of steam, lava meets glacier
There you can see the crater itself
More steam...
Even more people
The amount of people there was simply mind boggling
The second crater that had just opened up.
Don't be fooled by the ash, there is no ground under us, it's 100% ice.
It got more violent and we could see better as it got dark
Convoy all across the glacier
The darker it gets, the more awsm it looks
Drove up a hill to see all the cars
And a shot of the volcano
This last image would have been so much better if we had a tripod, I had to balance the camera on the car (idling 3 liter diesel engine....not stable) and there was almost no light, so it's inevitably blurry.
Aurora + Volcano
Got home at 3AM, was one hell of a day
Anyway, I'll let the pictures do the talking. (Right click > view image for higher resolution)
The group of people we traveled with (about 1/100th of the people on the glacier that day)
The volcano in a distance
Yours truly
Getting closer to the volcano
Shitloads of jeeps on 38"+ tires
Crater in sight
More jeeps
Me again (it was -20°C without wind chill )
Finally see something glowing
Teh pose. You could actually feel the heat from the volcano there.
My dad giving it the thumbs up
Waterfall being created by the heat
Notice how the lava is creating new landscape
Me and my uncle
Shitload of people on the other side of the canyon
Trail of lava, contrary to what you see there is a LOT of lava flowing below the rocky layer
My granddad, uncle and I.
Canyon where the lava flows
GET TO DA CHOPPAH!
Taking a picture of some guy taking a picture
River of lava
Shitload of steam, lava meets glacier
There you can see the crater itself
More steam...
Even more people
The amount of people there was simply mind boggling
The second crater that had just opened up.
Don't be fooled by the ash, there is no ground under us, it's 100% ice.
It got more violent and we could see better as it got dark
Convoy all across the glacier
The darker it gets, the more awsm it looks
Drove up a hill to see all the cars
And a shot of the volcano
This last image would have been so much better if we had a tripod, I had to balance the camera on the car (idling 3 liter diesel engine....not stable) and there was almost no light, so it's inevitably blurry.
Aurora + Volcano
Got home at 3AM, was one hell of a day
