Today was our third and last visit to Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. As we saw yesterday, the ice blocks here change constantly. There was so much ice here today that it was hard to find isolated chunks to make the kind of photos I had envisioned (as seen in the two lower left images above). We then […]
Iceland 5 – Glacial Lagoon
We returned to Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon today for a second day of shooting of the ice orphans that are sloughed off the glacier, then head out to sea through the tidal lagoon. The interesting ice chunks from yesterday were all gone, but in their place was a lot more ice that had newly broken off […]
Iceland 4 – Ice Cave
The highlight of today was entering a massive ice cave in the Vatnajokulpjodgardur National Park (see, I told you those names were long and unpronounceable! 🙂 ). Just a week ago, the interior river that carved the cave was frozen solid and crampons (spikes you put on your shoes to walk on ice) were needed. […]
Iceland 3 – Glacier
Waterfalls are everywhere in Iceland, formed either by the frequent rains or by melting glaciers. We stopped at a farm this morning that has several waterfalls on the property, for a short session. We then visited our first real ice — in the form of a glacier. It produced some interesting near-abstract photos by zooming […]
Iceland 2 – Northern Lights
This photo tour with Iurie Belegurschi had a busy first day — culminating in success on a key goal. We had never seen the Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) before, and scheduled this trip specifically to have a chance at them. It has been raining for days, and no chance for them until tonight. Weather […]
Iceland 1 – Where’s The Ice?
We arrived in Iceland a couple days ago, expecting freezing weather and ice everywhere. Instead we find 50 deg weather and rain. The only ice in sight it at the top of that mountain in the background here — and most of that was gone by our third day. Though the temperature is warm, it […]
Wrapping Up New York
We wrapped up our first week of New York City today, walking our feet off and taking more subways up and down Manhattan. We started by walking through Central Park, where surprisingly, the Fall colors were still visible. While in the area, we visited Columbia University to check out the campus. Alice (The High School […]
Liberty In The Rain
To go to the top of the Statue of Liberty requires buying tickets months in advance. We had ours for today — which turned out to be the only day on our New York trip that was raining. Besides getting soaked, it gave us lots of photographs of the Manhattan skyline partially hidden in the […]
Exotic New York
Another day of wandering around New York City and running up record numbers on our pedometers. We have gotten used to seeing a lot of fresh fruits and flowers in Ecuador. New York has small corner stands throughout East Village, with everything just as fresh but having a more polished display. First target neighborhood was Chinatown. […]
The City of the Young
This was a long day of walking and subway-ing (I know it’s not a word, but we did it!) around New York City. We started by going to the 9/11 memorial where the World Trade Center once stood. It was massively impressive, with more buildings still going up. The internal display was extremely well done, […]