VIK, ICELAND
Icelandic viking #1: What do you want to name our new town?
Icelandic viking #2: Beach.
#1: Beach town? Beach view? Black sand beach?
#2: Beach.
* They briefly stare at each other before one rips the others head off, because it’s the year 948 and that’s how Vikings ended most conversations *
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Taken in the appropriately named town of Vik, which literally means beach in Icelandic; lava rocks and black sand shine in the afternoon sun. The beach is a mix of regular sand and volcanic ash.
Crouching in the lupines like an Icelandic sniper (that’s not a thing.)
I used a cropped version of this shot as my December image in the 2024 Iceland calendar. It is the only photo chosen that wasn’t originally shot in landscape.
Confusing perspective here, I actually shot the previous shot from the bridge pictured. I was zoomed out there, zoomed in here.
alright time to get focused buddy
Yeah I’m out on that thank you though
probably a spectacular view from up there
It’s… not a huge town to say the least. We were only there for about an hour, more of a pit stop on the way to Hofn.
I’ll be the first to say it - the art in Iceland was weird as f***.
S C A L E .
I will likely never be back to Vik but it was a pleasure.