William Porter

Welcoming committee.

The very long, beautiful lake near Egilstadhir in eastern central Iceland.

In the library at Fljótsdalshéradh, near Egilstadhir. Illustrates a folk tale about a maiden who throws a box into a lake and the worm in the box turns into a monster like the one in Scotland's Loch Ness. For more info (including the story) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarfljót_Worm

These once were very common in Iceland. This one was in use until the 1970s.

It's a bit of a hike from the small parking lot to the waterfall but you can hear the roar of the water the whole way.

This is not Selfoss the town (in southwest Iceland) but Selfoss the waterfall (in northeast Iceland). This waterfall lies about a kilometer upstream from Dettifoss.

Basalt cliffs on the west side of the river between Dettifoss (off to the left/north) and Selfoss (to the right/south).
This panorama was stitched together in Lightroom from seven separate shots. YOU MAY NEED TO SCROLL LEFT AND RIGHT TO SEE IT ALL.

Seeing Dettifoss, Selfoss and Godhafoss on the same day was almost overwhelming, a bit like it might be to listen to Beethoven's third, fifth and ninth symphonies in a single day.

Akureyri in the north is one of Iceland's largest metropolitan areas (after Reykjavik). We stopped there for a delicious lunch of fresh fish and chips and a little window shopping, before heading north

Inside one of the buildings dedicated to the herring fishing industry in northern Iceland. It was centered in this town, Siglufjordhur. One thing that was interesting was to see how much heavy industry is involved in the fishing biz: Not so much the catching of the fish as the processing of them.