Glacial Waters: Iceland

in #mundaneart7 years ago (edited)

Last June I had the gift of an opportunity to travel around Iceland with my buddies Kylene, Adam @customnature, and my sister @RubyGoat. Kylene and Adam are experienced Icelandic travelers and it was so fun to tour around the island with them as they showed me all their favorite spots. I felt like I had a personal adventure guide!
I just spotted this ice picture contest thanks to @countrygirl, and I immediately thought of the glaciers. Adam and Kylene were so excited to show me them for the first time. The milky blue is such a beautiful color to come upon in nature. The feeling was surreal, hearing the ice clunk around in the water, with a subtle scraping, and even a crash as a chunk broke off. I know there's a name for that, but Adam will have to remind us all.

Thank you for hosting this contest Old Dog!
This is my entry for the ice round hosted by @kus-nee (The Old Dog)

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Annnnd if you're curious, this is one of the shots I ended up taking of our newly weds:
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UPDATE: I was just on Adam's page and he wrote a very informative post that has all the real info on the glaciers here:
https://steemit.com/nature/@customnature/daily-nature-fix-iceberg-portraits-original-photos
You should definitely check it out.

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Awesome, what was the temperature like??

Thanks for reading! You know...I'm not totally certain...I'm guess it was around freezing, so probably about 32F, 0C...

Dangg, that's so pretty! Those blues are unreal! Great shots.

Breathtaking! What a place to explore!

Question--are you allowed to ride the icebergs?

Very funny. I think the answer is no.

Great compositions, the colours are incredible too!