UFO: that's Unidentified Flying Object (that could do for the Northern Lights, or that thing that looks like a comet, but is only just more aurora - or so I think).

UDO: that's Unidentified Driving Object - the car that drove by and I very intentionally got on the shot :)

DUDE: that's the one who took this shot on jpeg.

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The mountain is called Kirkjufell. It's only 463 m high, but I would not even think of trying to climb it. It looks steep, doesn't it?

Exif on the shot: ISO 100 / f5.6 / @15mm / 1.6 secs
with a 6-stop ND filter

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Trying to capture the northern lights, which were evasive last night.
You can still see a little bit of aurora on this shot.

The steam pillars are from the Geothermal Power Station of Hellisheiði. They are having seriously many earthquakes there right now.

Some info on the shot itself:
ISO 400 / f3.5 / @18mm / 20 secs. Full Moon, which helps a lot.
And very cold toes when I got home... :)

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Lake Mývatn was created about 2300 years ago by a large fissure eruption pouring out basaltic lava. The lava flowed down the valley to the lowland plain where it entered the Arctic Ocean about 50 km away.

The Mývatn district lies on the border of the volcanic zone which cuts across Iceland from north to south and is an extension of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

All geological formations are quite recent, dating from the Ice Age and postglacial times.

About the shot:
One single exposure with the Magic Cloth Technique, covering both the sky AND the foreground which was hashly illuminated by the sun. It was not easy!
ISO 100 / f3.5 / 10 secs. / with a 10-stop ND filter

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Lóndrangar are a pair of sharp and steep cliffs, or volcanic plugs of basalt, that have been hewn out from softer surrounding rock by erosion. At 75 m and 61 m respectively, they are quite a sight.

Lóndrangar are volcanic plugs left out as remnants from a bigger crater, which has since mostly eroded away with time.

And what is a volcanic plug, and how does it form?

Also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, it is created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano.

When forming, a plug can cause an extreme build-up of pressure if volatile-charged magma is trapped beneath it. This can sometimes lead to an explosive eruption. But if a plug is preserved, erosion may remove the surrounding softer rock while the erosion-resistant plug remains, producing a distinctive upstanding landform.

I like volcanoes :)

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