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Mývatn-Laxá Region

Hverfjall Crater
Hverfjall
by PZ Sunrays

Hverfjall is a giant circular volcano explosion crater in North Iceland. Erupted in 2500 BP, the crater is approximately 1 km in diameter.

The panorama view was stitched by 5 images.

Iceland 2015 Hverfjall
Hverfjall
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Mývatn lake
Skutustadir
by David ruiz luna

Undisputed gem of the northeast, Mývatn lake and the surrounding area are starkly beautiful, an otherworldly terrain of spluttering mudpots, weird lava formations, steaming fumaroles and volcanic craters, set around a bird-filled lake.

The Mývatn basin sits squarely on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the violent geological character of the area has produced a jam-packed landscape unlike anywhere else in the country.

Highlands of Iceland. September 2015.

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Les pseudo-cratères de Skutustadir-05: panorama
Skutustadir
by Jean François Bonachera

Un pseudo-cratère est une formation ressemblant fortement à un cratère volcanique mais dépourvue de cheminée volcanique. Les pseudo-cratères sont créés par des explosions de vapeur qui ont lieu lors du contact entre une coulée de lave et l'eau d'un lac. Les pseudo-cratères de Skútustaðir, sur la rive sud du lac de Mývatn, sont un exemple unique de grands pseudo-cratères. et datent de plus de 2 000 ans

Iceland 2015 Dimmuborgir
Dimmuborgir
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Iceland 2015 Dimmuborgir
Dimmuborgir
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Last light over Lake Myvatn - Iceland
Lake Mývatn

Lake Myvatn in the northeast of Iceland on the western edge of the volcanin active zone that runs across the country from southwest to northeast....

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La grotte Grjótagjá-02
Grjótagjá
by Jean François Bonachera

Lieu de tournage de games of thrones!

La grotte Grjótagjá-04
Grjótagjárvegur, Iceland
by Jean François Bonachera

Vu de la crevasse, à l'origine de la grotte!

“Dimmuborgir Lava Tubes” Lake Myvatn Iceland
Dimmuborgir
by Dominic Nessi

Dimmuborgir "dark castles" is a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn in Iceland. The Dimmuborgir area is composed of various volcanic caves and rock formations, reminiscent of an ancient collapsed citadel (hence the name). The dramatic structures are one of Iceland's most popular natural tourist attractions.

Skútustaðagígar-01
Skutustadir
by Jean François Bonachera

bassin de Stakholstjorn et ses pseudos cratères

Grjótagjá geothermal hot spa - #Iceland
Grjótagjá

Grjótagjá is a small lava cave near lake Mývatn in Iceland. It has a thermal spring inside. In early 18th century the outlaw Jón Markússon lived...

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Sunset Lake Mývatn - Iceland
Lake Mývatn

Lake Mývatn lies in the northeast of Iceland on the western edge of the volcanin active zone that runs across the country from southwest to...

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Les pseudo-cratères de Skutustadir-04
Skutustadir
by Jean François Bonachera

Un pseudo-cratère est une formation ressemblant fortement à un cratère volcanique mais dépourvue de cheminée volcanique. Les pseudo-cratères sont créés par des explosions de vapeur qui ont lieu lors du contact entre une coulée de lave et l'eau d'un lac. Les pseudo-cratères de Skútustaðir, sur la rive sud du lac de Mývatn, sont un exemple unique de grands pseudo-cratères. et datent de plus de 2 000 ans

Iceland 2015 Dimmuborgir
Dimmuborgir
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Iceland 2015 Myvatn
Myvatn
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Iceland 2015 Hverfjall
Hverfjall
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Iceland 2015 Skutustadir
Skútustaðakirkja
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Myvatn Sunset Panorama
Myvatn from Skútustaðagígar

I really wish I had a better foreground for this sky, rather than the much overrated Myvatn lake and some unimpressive small cinder cones.

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Mývatn-Laxá Region!
Most notably Jean François Bonachera, Christian Barret and PZ Sunrays.