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Iceland with Mary Marsh 
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Photo credit:  Mary Marsh unless otherwise noted.

Mary in Iceland proudly holding a 2,000 year old chunk of ice from a glacier.

ary Marsh and her friend, Robin Rice, were off to Iceland recently, the "Land of Fire and Ice".

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Reykjavík

Photo credit:  Robin Rice

View of Reykjavík from the hotel.

GLACIERS

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is in Southeastern Iceland.   The dramatic views of glaciers, lagoon and mountains inspired Hollywood to film at the location scenes in two James Bond films:  A View to Kill in 1985 and Die Another Day in 2002, also Tomb Raider in 2001, and Batman Begins in 2005.

Article from https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/jokulsarlon

After the glaciers, Mary and Robin enjoyed vodka on the 2,000 yr old rocks!

Þingvellir National Park and the Continental Divide

The continental divide in Iceland is half Northern American and the other Eurasia.  It is the only place in the world where you can stand inbetween two continents.  Eventually, Iceland will separate into two islands as the plates continue to move apart.

WATERFALLS

There is a vast assortment of stunning waterfalls.  Perhaps up to 10,000.

BEACHES and MOUNTAINS

The beaches are  black due to volcanic activity.  The black sediment is formed by the erosion over time of lava and other volcanic materials.

The North American and Eurasia plates activity has created/evolved the numerous mountains found in Iceland.

TURF HOUSES

For the first eleven hundred years of civilization on Iceland, people lived in turf houses.   They quit living in them around the end of the 19th century as people moved out of the country and into cities.

SHEEP and HORSES

The sheep in Iceland are one of the purest bred species in the world.  There are more than two times as many sheep as people on the island.

An Icelandic horse.  If you watch the video below you will find out that they are descendants of viking horses that arrived with the first inhabitants of Iceland over 1000 years ago.  They are purebred.  No other horses are allowed to come into Iceland.  If someone takes one out of Iceland, the horse is not allowed back in the country.

NORTHERN LIGHTS

 Northern Lights photo by Robin Rice

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