Iceland – Road Trip from Kirkjubæjarklaustur to the Sandur Plains


Nasse Straße unter wolkenverhangenen Bergen im Osten Islands

From Kirkjubæjarklaustur we continued east towards the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. Here are the first pictures of this stage, up to the sandur plains just before Skaftafell National Park.

Flying again at last

The landscape opened up, the mountains were hung with clouds and at last more or less free of snow. The drone could take off again, and from above the whole vastness of the sandur plains revealed itself. On the edge of the Skeiðarársandur stands the Lómagnúpur, whose almost vertical rock face of 671 metres is considered the highest cliff in Iceland – the Ring Road runs right past its foot.

Snowy mountains in the haze on the way from Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Snowy mountains in the haze – onwards east from Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Old turquoise car in the snow on the south coast
An old turquoise car half sunk in the snow.
Derelict farmhouse with a rusty roof in the snow
A crumbling farmhouse with a rusty roof in the snow.
Mountain ridge with a small bridge in the fog
A ridge in the mist, a small bridge in front.
Flat mountain ridge under a grey sky on the south coast
A flat ridge beneath a grey sky.
Mountains vanishing into the fog on the south coast
The mountains vanishing into the mist.
Snowy steep slope and a road from the air
A snowy escarpment and the road – at last the drone could fly again.
Mountain edge with snow and fields from the air
A mountain edge with snow, fields below.
Old turf house with a rusty corrugated-iron gable in the snow
An old turf house with a rusty corrugated gable.
Straight road across the sandur plain
A straight road across the outwash plain.
Ring Road with marker posts in portrait format
The Ring Road with marker posts, dead straight.
Sheet of ice by the river in front of a mountain ridge with a bridge
Ice on the river before a ridge with a bridge.
Hiking boot on the icy riverbank
A hiking boot on the icy bank.
Ice floes on the river in front of mountain and bridge
Ice floes on the river before mountain and bridge.
Puddle by the river reflecting mountain and bridge
A puddle reflecting mountain and bridge.
Icy river course under clouds on the south coast
An icy river course beneath clouds.
Mountainside in the fog with brown grass
A mountainside in the mist with brown grass.
Meltwater stream in front of a misty mountain
A meltwater stream before the misty mountain.
Clouds over a grassy mountain
Clouds hanging over the grassy mountain.
Farm beneath a mist-shrouded mountain on the south coast
A farm beneath the mist-shrouded mountain.
Wet road in front of a snowy table mountain in the fog
A wet road before a snowy table mountain.
Patches of snow and grass in front of a table mountain in portrait format
Patches of snow and grass before the table mountain.
Ring Road leading towards Lómagnúpur in the fog
The Ring Road leads straight towards Lómagnúpur.
Lómagnúpur with clouds at its summit
Lómagnúpur with clouds on its summit – one of Iceland's highest cliffs.

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