The Iceland Team of eight. Note, the two way up the slope near the bedrock bluffs and dykes.
Small ‘spires’ on lave flow
The level ‘table top’ mountains formed by glacial erosion of Tertiary basalts
Examine the red layers within the Tertiary basalts
Capturing the drone
Mafic dykes in slopes on south side of tunnel
The climb up to the scoria cone
The comfy bus ride ends?
Callie and Alex enjoying the warm waters of a geothermally heated river near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
Alex and Tim taking a selfie at a geothermally heated river near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
Alex and Tim taking a selfie at a geothermal river near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
One of the borehole stations used to extract geothermal fluids from the subsurface
Callie and Alex enjoying the warm waters of a geothermally heated river near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
The group at a geothermally heated river near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
Toby and Byron getting a close up look at some of the geothermally altered basalt within the region surrounding the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
The group pondering about the mineralogy of geothermally altered basalts near the Nesjavellir geothermal power station
The Nesjavellir geothermal power station from one of the many nearby hiking trails
Some of the components of the heat exchange system at the Hellisheiði geothermal power station
The entrance to the Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Station
Entrance to the Raufarhólshelli Lava Tube
A photo of the group inside the Raufarhólshelli Lava Tube
Inside of the Raufarhólshelli Lava Tube showing the barricade used to restrict access
Heimaey Island from the Vestmannaeyjar Herjólfur Ferry
Heimaey Island from the Vestmannaeyjar Herjólfur Ferry
Tertiary rocks
A look at Heimaey when it is nice
Group photo of very happy geologists
Imagine a volcanic crater here
Overlooking Heimaey
The hike begins
A side view of the waterfall.
Seljalandsfoss
An outcrop of resistant ash deposits.
Layering could be seen in the ash deposits.
The black sand beach, Kirkjufjara and one lonely sea stack.
The boys fighting the wind at Dyrhólaey.
Nap time!
The endless sandur, Skeiðarársandur.
A meltwater lake. Annual and recessional moraines can be seen as linear sediment features behind.
Lupine fields leading up to Svínafellsjökull.
Group photo around the backside of the falls. Can you guess who’s who?
Group photo standing on the glacier – some more comfortable than others…
Aaron and I basking in the glory of Svínafellsjökull.
The group taking notes on the glacial landforms visible on the hike in.
Payton wandering between the continents.
Tim geologizing by the North American Plate boundary. The Eurasian plate can be observed on the opposite side, on the right side of the picture.
Another example of geothermal minerals at Gunnuhver Hot Springs.
A view of the geothermal system with the hot springs and a geothermal power station to the left.
Toby walking up to the steaming Gunnuhver hot spring area.
Tim Stokes gazes at the various brightly-coloured minerals of the Krysuvik hot springs.
Students examine the geothermal steam, hot springs and various coloured minerals.
Volcanic ash layers on the side of the road.
The students, and our trusty van with Lake Kleifarvatn in the background.
Example of a typical volcanic landscape in Iceland.
Capturing notes during a lunch break
A steep climb up to an intrusive diorite pluton
Friendly locals!
A Viking Village built for a movie scene
The amphitheatre-like landscape at Stokeness
The oldest rocks in Iceland – Tertiary basalts
Intrusive rocks at Helvar Point
Amazing view of the Jokulsarlon lagoon at the terminus of the Breioamerkurjokull glacier.
Display of the bridge wreckage of 1996 on the skeioararsandur.
The what seems to be endless historic basalt lava flow, covered in the thick luscious moss.
The front of the Solheimajokull glacier
View from the top of the waterfall, looking over the river drainage system.
Veiw from the front of the Skogafoss Waterfall
View from the Eyjafjallajökull information center, just imagine a beautiful glacier behind the fog.
