Iceland April 2013 by Verryl V Fosnight Jr
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Iceland 0413 054

From the side.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:08 AMViews: 127

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Iceland 0413 058

Iceland weird sculpture #1 "Hole in the Gut Boys." No faces too. Significance escaped us.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:22 AMViews: 117

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Iceland 0413 059

This was a rotating restaurant built on top of 4 hot water towers high up on the outskirts of Reykjavik overlooking the Reykjavik city airport (not the international one, which is 20 miles or so west on a finger of land.) Hot water in Iceland's history was like water elsewhere--it a place had geothermal water, they settled there. Hot water is free throughout the country, being piped from geothermal locations miles and miles in vacuum lines. They even heat the streets with it. Then, evidently--no guide knew--they dump it in the sea.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:22 AMViews: 119

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Iceland 0413 060

You can see this dome rising over the city in other pictures. It was really nice, because it was warm inside.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:22 AMViews: 119

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Iceland 0413 065

Out on the deck for the 360 degree view of Reykjavik.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:31 AMViews: 118

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Iceland 0413 068

A reasonably warm day. At least for the moment at mid day. Church in right center.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:31 AMViews: 122

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Iceland 0413 077

Local airport in foreground.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:36 AMViews: 118

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Iceland 0413 079

Should have put this first--had to walk away to get it after lunch.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 05:57 AMViews: 124

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This is a recreated "pioneer" site from late 1800's to 1920's. They saved the few remaining buildings a few years ago and moved them to this hill on the outskirts of town. Note the sod covered root cellar. Every tree, as I said before, that you see has been planted in the last few years. They finally realized, I guess, that there should be trees. There is only one native species, I think, a small, spindly deciduous tree that probably was cut down for firewood and nearly disappeared about 1000 AD. Too small to build with, they use stone (all volcanic) to build with--and concrete and corrugated steel.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:23 AMViews: 121

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Iceland 0413 085

How'd you like to be a kid and wake up groggy at midnight on a full moon night and go outside to pee and see these monster eyes staring at you?
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:24 AMViews: 119

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Iceland 0413 087

Looks like wood, and probably is, but must be imported. Lots of stone used.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:25 AMViews: 117

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Iceland 0413 088

Note steep roofs. I wonder if it snows.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:25 AMViews: 117

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Iceland 0413 095

This was the parson's house across the road from...
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:37 AMViews: 119

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Iceland 0413 096

...his church (across the road from parson's house last picture).
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:37 AMViews: 125

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Iceland 0413 097

Further down the road. They have lots of room to add to this historical site, but no money, I suspect, to continue development. It is a very poor country--the houses are generally small, hotels small, all buildings small, and all furnishing are Spartan--neat, clean, but plain and simple. Iceland only has two resources--nearly free electricity from the free hot water and lots of water (the hot water has a strong mineral smell, and no one drinks it, but showers are nice. their biggest industrial plant is an aluminum smelter, and they get the ore from Australia, so the electricity is cheap.
Capture Date: Apr 8, 2013 06:37 AMViews: 121

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