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A Silent, Twilight Thicket, Southern Iceland

Posted by
dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 17 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

the best thing about 'twilight' in the upper latitudes is that even though the day is very short in winter (4-5 hours, maybe less), the ensuing periods of violet - blue hues seem almost eternal!! where these extraordinary hues would last only moments here in the more 'middle' latitudes, near the poles, these periods of glory can last for up to 90 minutes!!! of course the light is still subtly changing even then -- but there is plenty of time to hurry home, grab the camera and get to work capturing as much of the ethereal 'feeling' as your SD card can handle!!! :)

we came across this thicket of trees during the waning of light an hour or so out of Vik headed for the glacier lagoon of Jokulsarlon. we originally had stopped to check out one of the numerous frozen waterfalls that line the ring road. in spring and summer, southern Iceland has literally HUNDREDS of cascading falls... you can see them all right from the road and they are just spectacular!!! in winter of course most are frozen solid... leaving only the biggest ones still flowing freely... and the enormous spray of these larger falls form amazing crystalline formations over rocks, grass, moss, trees, fences -- anything in the vicinity. it is just amazing -- and slippery!!!

stay tuned -- more to come!!!

Canon EOS REBEL XT 1/4 second F/6.3 ISO 400 24 mm

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Canon EOS REBEL XT
1/4 second
F/6.3
ISO 400
24 mm

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