Iceland – Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Day 1


Leuchtturm auf der Halbinsel Snæfellsnes im rosa Abendlicht

On our first day on the Snæfellsnes peninsula we explored its north and west side. In the morning we went to photograph the Kirkjufell, then on to a lighthouse at the south-western tip. Above the western tip of the peninsula rises the Snæfellsjökull, a glacier-capped volcano that can be seen from more than 100 kilometres away in Reykjavík – in Jules Verne it is where the journey to the centre of the earth begins. It is part of Snæfellsjökull National Park. Here are the pictures:

Kirkjufell above icy stones on the shore
Morning at Kirkjufell: icy stones on the shore, the mountain above.
Snowy dunes and grass on the coast of Snæfellsnes
Snowy dunes and grass on the north coast of Snæfellsnes.
Road under a golden sunset on Snæfellsnes
The road gleams in the golden sunset.
Lighthouse on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in pink evening light
Right in the south-west: a lighthouse in the pink evening light.
White lighthouse from below against a pink sky on Snæfellsnes
The white tower from below against a pink sky.
Lighthouse behind snowy lava rocks on a black beach
Behind snowy lava rocks, the small lighthouse on the black beach.
Snow-covered lava rock on a black pebble beach on Snæfellsnes
A snowy lava rock on the black pebble beach.
Snowdrifts and lava rocks in blue light on Snæfellsnes
Snowdrifts in the blue light, a white ridge behind.
Snowy lava landscape and mountains in the blue twilight
Blue hour over the snowy lava landscape.

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