One of the strange and interesting forces of nature is the force of eruptions, volcanoes. This lava stream was flowing down the Icelandic landscape in the 17th century, and is now a beautiful but dangerous moss covered area. You cannot see what’s hiding under the moss – there could be huge holes several hundred metres down – now neatly covered death traps.
Nice shot
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Nice picture …Very courageous!! Congratulations Leya!!
Fascinating. You were brave, Leya!
No…just walking on the stones…
Way cool!
Interesting and scary at the same time!
Agree!
so i guess its not a good idea to take a walk up behind ya there
nope i guess not – not fer me anyhew….whew , interesting one of a kind place i hope wow,,,pert cool 🙂 er hoT should one say …8-) sunny side up an take care …uniQue post-it! . 🙂
Sunny side up-yes! Good you are not behind me there…😊
Interesting and unique.
janet
Very interesting and something very different. Scary too if you think about it. Thanks for sharing this
Might I ask why you are walking on the death trap, Ann Christine?
Oh…just trying to look brave…No, I took a few steps on the stones out there because of the beauty of the landscape. I didn’t feel comfortable at all…but to get an idea of the vastness of the lava field (impossible as this is only some hundred metres in the picture and the stream runs for miles…) I had to try. My husband took the photo and
I guess he would have rescued me…
I sincerely hope he would!!
You can never be sure, can you…
Yikes…
That is a very scary and unusual looking landscape…
It really is – but beautiful!
I agree…
Love to see this area, dangerous place but oh so beautiful. It tells us a lot of our past. This volcano doesn’t work anymore I presume.
Beautiful photo of you, Leya. But it doesn’t sound like a safe place to walk about…don’t know if I would be as brave as you tramping on the moss, even a little bit of it 😀
Oh well, I just took some steps on the stones for the photo- in order to look brave😊
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I love this image! I wonder how long it takes from when the lava flows to the verdant moss growths…
No idea, really. I guess it happens faster than we think. When the volcano island of Surtsey appeared in the waters outside Iceland’s coast – if I remember it right, it only took a year or two before plants began to establish!
Oh wow, that quick!
Häftigt! Var är det någonstans?
Det är på södra Island, där lavaströmmen flöt mot havet för några hundra år sedan.
Åh, jag vill också till Island 🙂
Väl värt pengarna – ett fantastiskt land och ett härligt folk.
Ja, jag har förstått det. Min svägerskas syster och man var där för nåt år sen och sa att det var fantastiskt. Hon är också helt fotogalen så jag har sett många fina bilder därifrån, dock ingen som denna.