{"id":8687,"date":"2019-08-05T08:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T00:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2019-08-06T00:25:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:25:15","slug":"aerial-photos-of-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/aerial-photos-of-iceland.html","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Photos of Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our travels in Europe were primarily a mix of volleyball, cuisine, art and history. We shoe-horned a week in Iceland<\/a> between Paris<\/a> and London with priority on spa selfies at the Blue Lagoon. Secondary goals were taking in the waterfalls, Icelandic horses, black sand beaches and wide-open roads of the southern coast. Our time in Iceland was brief and not meant for photography, but not to worry: the best way to see a lot of a region in a short amount of time is to hire a plane. The folks at Atlantsflug<\/a> were excellent to work with, very accomodating with a nice facility just a stone’s throw from the glaciers and only a short drive from the farm house we had rented. One of Atlantsflug’s planes is high-wing with several windows that open, enabling sharp images at low altitude with wide lenses which is the only way to carry out aerial photography. Our pilot was an expert in the region and worked out a flight plan to include several spectacular areas he knew we would enjoy. The highlight was the Landmannalaugar<\/a> highlands, a gorgeous region of deeply-colored earth with patches of white snow and ice, seemingly devoid of human presence. We also spent time circling some of Iceland’s braided glacial rivers<\/a> as they were the only subject I was truly keen to photograph in Iceland. On our way to and from Landmannalaugar, we passed over numerous glaciers in the area near Skaftafell and Vatnajokull National Park. Here are a few of my favorite images; I tossed in a few waterfall photos that came out nicely as well. Cheers, and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

\"Glacial<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacial river, highlands of Southern Iceland
\nImage ID: 35720<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fja\u00f0r\u00e1rglj\u00fafur<\/a><\/p>\n

Fja\u00f0r\u00e1rglj\u00fafur canyon in Iceland, a Game of Thrones place
\nImage ID: 35721<\/a>
\nLocation: Fja\u00f0r\u00e1rglj\u00fafur<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Svinafellsjokull<\/a><\/p>\n

Svinafellsjokull Glacier and Lagoon, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35722<\/a>
\nLocation: Svinafellsjokull<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Landmannalaugar<\/a><\/p>\n

Landmannalaugar highlands region of Iceland, aerial view.
\nImage ID: 35723<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Seljalandsfoss<\/a><\/p>\n

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland
\nImage ID: 35724<\/a>
\nLocation: Seljalandsfoss<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Seljalandsfoss<\/a><\/p>\n

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland
\nImage ID: 35725<\/a>
\nLocation: Seljalandsfoss<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vik,<\/a><\/p>\n

Vik, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35727<\/a>
\nLocation: Vik<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Reynisfjara<\/a><\/p>\n

Reynisfjara near Vik, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35728<\/a>
\nLocation: Reynisfjara<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/a><\/p>\n

Southern Iceland
\nImage ID: 35730<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Svinafellsjokull<\/a><\/p>\n

Svinafellsjokull Glacier and Lagoon, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35732<\/a>
\nLocation: Svinafellsjokull<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Svinafellsjokull<\/a><\/p>\n

Svinafellsjokull Glacier and Lagoon, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35733<\/a>
\nLocation: Svinafellsjokull<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n<\/a><\/p>\n

Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n glacial lagoon in Iceland
\nImage ID: 35734<\/a>
\nLocation: Fjalls\ufffdrl\ufffdn<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Landmannalaugar<\/a><\/p>\n

Landmannalaugar highlands region of Iceland, aerial view.
\nImage ID: 35739<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacial<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacial river, highlands of Southern Iceland
\nImage ID: 35743<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacier,<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacier, Skaftafell \/ Vatnajokull National Park, Southern Iceland
\nImage ID: 35752<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Geysir,<\/a><\/p>\n

Geysir, Hekla, hit Haukadalur, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35753<\/a>
\nLocation: Geysir<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lake<\/a><\/p>\n

Lake Langisjor in the interior highlands of Iceland, Aerial View
\nImage ID: 35781<\/a>
\nLocation: Langisjor<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacier,<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacier, Skaftafell \/ Vatnajokull National Park, Southern Iceland
\nImage ID: 35794<\/a>
\nLocation: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Skogafoss<\/a><\/p>\n

Skogafoss waterfall in Iceland. A double rainbow, full on, all the way. What does it mean?
\nImage ID: 35802<\/a>
\nLocation: Skogafoss<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Geysir,<\/a><\/p>\n

Geysir, Hekla, hit Haukadalur, Iceland
\nImage ID: 35807<\/a>
\nLocation: Geysir<\/a>, Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacier<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacier Runoff and Braided River, Southwestern Iceland
Image ID: 35726<\/a>
Location: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacial<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacial river, highlands of Southern Iceland
Image ID: 35744<\/a>
Location: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Glacial<\/a><\/p>\n

Glacial river, highlands of Southern Iceland
Image ID: 35786<\/a>
Location: Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our travels in Europe were primarily a mix of volleyball, cuisine, art and history. We shoe-horned a week in Iceland between Paris and London with priority on spa selfies at the Blue Lagoon. Secondary goals were taking in the waterfalls, Icelandic horses, black sand beaches and wide-open roads of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,370],"tags":[198,371],"class_list":{"0":"post-8687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aerial-photography","8":"category-iceland","9":"tag-aerial","10":"tag-iceland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}