View of Mt Hattafell. Taken early in the morning in August. The lava fields in the foreground are a deep black and contrast with the new green vegetation that clings on to the slopes in those summer months.
Our group battle the Icelandic elements to cross the geothermal landscape near Landmannalagur. This shows the team passing through the mist and rain mixed with quite a lot of sulphur vapour.
The black volcanic landscape gives way to these bright green blooms along the river banks near lake Attftavatn.
These dark lava fields are vast and spectacular as the beams of light illuminate parts of the landscape through threatening clouds.
This is the view from top of Mt Valahnukur near the Volcano huts. The mist is blowing in from the top of the Eyjafjallajokull Icecap
You could imagine Mars being like this. Just the odd plant trying to make an existence over a few months before the snow returns.
Standing on top of Mt Valahnukur and looking down on to the river Krossa, before its waters drift off in the vast delta behind us.
The scale of this landscape is awesome as all the glacial melt flows past our mountain top vantage point, and then out into a vast delta ahead of us. This delta plain appears to have no end and disappears into the mist.
These gullies full of lava produce some of the most striking plants I have seen. It is a habitat still forming over recent years, with such a variety of plant life and very little wildlife to threaten it within the rest of this barren wilderness.
In the distance the steam from the geothermal springs can be seen rising into the mist. The stream then cuts its way through the ice sheets covering the top of this plateau.
A very cold start at 4.30am and a climb of the nearby hill results in taking the in the view looking towards the glacial fields and icecap of Myridalsjokull.
This view looks up the Rettarfell Valley. The river is hidden below the shot, but you can see how deep the gorge it sits in is.
One of the bright green streams within the barren lava landscapes near Havanngil.
Plant-life pushes through the dark volcanic soil along the Landmannalaugar trail.