Iceland 2011

The path leading to the Snæfellsjökull glacier crosses this landscape where only moss has managed to find a place.

GPS readings to reach the bottom of the glacier

Mount Stapafell and in the background the village of Arnarstapi

In early June, the snow reaches low at the foot of the volcano and it's impossible for us to go any further by car.
And there's no one to take us on these snowmobiles, so never mind, we'll walk a little way!

The summit of Snæfellsjökull volcano.

Snæfellsjökull is a stratovolcano (hence the conical shape of the mountain formed by successive lava flows). Its last eruption was about 1700 years ago. That leaves us plenty of time...

A huge cloud wraps around the summit. Argg! Let's not linger, we'll have to go!

This cloud doesn't seem to scare the group of hikers climbing towards the summit of the volcano...

A little further along the coast, we make a short stop in Hellnar. We see beautiful "basaltic organs", typical "tube" formations of basaltic lava.

The face of a suffering man ??? 

Here, the basaltic organs look more like a basaltic mille-feuille...

The town of Hellnar

And we hit the road again towards Djúpalónssandur beach!