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Aurora Borealis at Þingvellir National Park, Iceland

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An Ice palace deep inside the Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland. Vatnajökull is the largest ice cap in Europe, around 3,100 km³ covering about 11% of Iceland, and constanly changing it's formation due to the melting of the glacier. This stunning ice cave was not easy to find, nor easy to enter (the story will remain in my head for now). Again... the guy inside the cave happens to be me.

Discover Magazine are publishing my ice cave photographs in the June issue along with an interview with the Icelandic glaciologist Helgi Björnsson, which recently published a masterpiece book about the glaciers in Iceland Jöklar á Íslandi

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At last! For safety reasons I'll not recomment anyone to travel into the glaciers without local guiding. We have a recent tragic accident where a photographer died while exploring the glaciers. Never hike alone into the glaciers.

The Glacier Lagoon on south coast of Iceland, is for sure one of the most magical places on earth. The alpine mountain view, Öræfajökull volcano/glacier, floating icebergs, and the calm and peaceful wildlife in this area is a dream for landscape and wildlife photographers. This is shot at sunrise with cloud overcast and low sun rays lighting up the glacier from the left side, giving a nice detaile on the cracks of the Öræjafjökull glacier, I used a zoom of 200mm to catch the detail of the lighted glacier, and stitched together few shots to a panorama view.

I'll be offering some photography guiding to this area, among other magical locations in Iceland. More info about the tours at www.skarpi.is

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A self portrait shot in the goethermal field of Reykjanes at twilight.

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Blue hour in Víkurfjara, Vík in Mýrdalur - South coast Iceland

This is a shot from a recent tour with photographers from usa, which I guided on the south coast of Iceland. Typical Icelandic weather on the trip, changing every hour from a snowstorm to a bright sunshine. The landscape in this area is always interesting to shoot, no matter how the weather is actually. At this time of the year the sun sets right behind Reynisdrangar, so a sunset shot can be really colorfull from the Víkurjara coast, this is shot at blue-hour after a rather grey sunset.

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