iPhone Iceland

14/04/2026

Glacier versus bedrock, score settled millimetre by millimetre.

14/04/2026

Over my home but had to climb a little further away to get away from the street lights. 😮‍💨

14/04/2026

March Dump

09/02/2026

Had to make an emergency stop today.

06/02/2026

Let it snow….

05/02/2026

Here’s a social media blurb for Skógafoss:

Skógafoss: 60 meters of raw Icelandic power 🌊
One of Iceland’s most iconic waterfalls, Skógafoss drops straight off the edge of what used to be Iceland’s coastline during the last ice age. When the glaciers retreated, they left behind these dramatic coastal cliffs—now standing several kilometers inland.
The constant spray creates epic rainbows on sunny days (and yes, sometimes double rainbows). Climb the 527 steps to the top for a perspective most tourists skip, or get soaked at the base for that classic Iceland waterfall experience.
Fed by the Skógá River flowing from Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers above, this beast pumps out 200 cubic meters of glacial meltwater per second during summer.
Pro tip: Early morning or late evening gives you the best light and fewer tour buses. The spray carries far, so waterproof gear isn’t optional—it’s survival.


This hits your geological expertise angle while staying digestible for social media. Want me to adjust the tone or length?

27/01/2026

“Þingvellir sits in a 7-kilometer-wide rift valley—a graben formed as Iceland’s crust is pulled apart by tectonic forces. The dramatic cliffs and fissures here, like Almannagjá, show the results of this spreading, with about 70 meters of horizontal extension and 40 meters of subsidence over the past 9,000 years. It’s also where Iceland founded the world’s oldest parliament in 930 AD.”

20/01/2026

Kirkjufell - Iceland’s most photographed mountain. This 463m peak on Snæfellsnes Peninsula isn’t just pretty - it’s a textbook example of how glacial erosion sculpts landscapes. During the Ice Age, massive glaciers carved away the surrounding rock, leaving this isolated nunatak standing alone. The nearby Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall makes it Instagram gold, but the real story is in those distinctive layers of basalt lava flows tilted at dramatic angles - evidence of millions of years of volcanic activity and tectonic movement. Nature’s architecture at its finest.

11/01/2026