Iceland
At just 15 million years old the country is one of the youngest, formed by volcanic action along the N Atlantic fault and where the earth’s crust is very thin; as such 90% of the country is uninhabitable, mainly lava fields, some still active. It also contains Europe’s largest waterfall and Glacier. I visited the country in the summer of 1989 and in the winter of 2014.
![Reykjavik](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P10156911_thumb.jpg)
Reykjavik
![Solfar (Sun Voyager)](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P2080107_thumb.jpg)
Solfar (Sun Voyager)
![Blue Lagoon](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P2080051_thumb.jpg)
Blue Lagoon
![Blue Lagoon](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P2080084_2_copy_thumb.jpg)
Blue Lagoon
![Thingvallir National Park](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P1015781_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir National Park
![Gulfoss](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P1015725_thumb.jpg)
Gulfoss
![Strokkur, Geysir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/P1015755_thumb.jpg)
Strokkur, Geysir
![Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX80_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir
![Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX93_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir
![Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX94_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir
![Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX102_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir
![Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX103_thumb.jpg)
Thingvallir
![Armansfell, overlooking Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX183_1_thumb.jpg)
Armansfell, overlooking Thingvallir
![Armansfell, overlooking Thingvallir](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX184a_1_thumb.jpg)
Armansfell, overlooking Thingvallir
![Siglufjordur, N. Iceland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX233_thumb.jpg)
Siglufjordur, N. Iceland
![Siglufjordur, N. Iceland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX238_thumb.jpg)
Siglufjordur, N. Iceland
![Godafoss, N.Iceland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX288_thumb.jpg)
Godafoss, N.Iceland
![Godafoss, N.Iceland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX291_thumb.jpg)
Godafoss, N.Iceland
![Asbyrgi Canyon](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX312_thumb.jpg)
Asbyrgi Canyon
![Dettifoss](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX329_thumb.jpg)
Dettifoss
![Hverfjall ash cone](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX414_thumb.jpg)
Hverfjall ash cone
![Sprengisandur and Votnajokull](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX424_thumb.jpg)
Sprengisandur and Votnajokull
![Sprengisandur](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX427_thumb.jpg)
Sprengisandur
![Sprengisandur](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX463_thumb.jpg)
Sprengisandur
![Sprengisandur](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX465_thumb.jpg)
Sprengisandur
![Oberfoss](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX467_Oberfoss_thumb.jpg)
Oberfoss
![Oberfoss](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX468_thumb.jpg)
Oberfoss
![Hot springs, Llandmannalaugar](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX474_thumb.jpg)
Hot springs, Llandmannalaugar
![Gulfoss](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX493_thumb.jpg)
Gulfoss
![Stokkur](https://amazon.clikpic.com/staffordsteed/images/EX497_2_thumb.jpg)