Ordinary Silence

The beauty of the Icelandic landscape is punctuated by solitary buildings that quietly tuck themselves into their surroundings.

The Ring Road

Route 1, the Ring Road, circles Iceland. It is 832 miles (1,339 km) long and these are just some of the  incredible scenes I viewed through the windshield on my beautiful adventure.

Everything is Illuminated

Amsterdam works it's real magic at night after the sun has set and the lights come on.

Midnight Sun

The longest part of the trip around Iceland was from Snaefellsnes in the northwest to Lake Myvatn in the northeast. This trip normally takes about 6 hours by car but took us about 16 hours because there was just so much jaw-dropping beauty to stop and photograph along the way. We arrived at our destination at about 1:30 AM. The sun never set completely, and for the last two hours of the trip we were treated to spectacular colors and landscapes such as these.

Black Lava

I almost didn't know where to start when it came to editing my Iceland photographs. So I started with lava, as it is the foundation of this extraordinary country. With over 30 active volcano systems, Iceland's volcanoes have erupted over a third of the world's total lava output of the past 500 years. I spent many wonderful hours in surreal moss-covered lava fields and walking along peaceful black beaches that tell a more violent story of tectonic upheaval, creation, and destruction. This is truly an awe-inspiring place.