Sept. 7, 2014 - Iceland From the Air

Our stay in Iceland began on the southwestern end of the island. Our tour group traveled for 11 days by comfortable coach bus. When we reached Akureyri, located at the northern end of the island, we took an Iceland Air flight back to the capital city of Reykjavik. Here are some of the sights we saw during that flight. This is a view of Akureyri as we took off.

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The interior of Iceland is mountainous and very sparsely populated. We were there in May and snow still covered the mountains.

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This is a particularly impressive mountain range and I really like the clouds in the background.

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Here’s a closer look at some of the snow covered mountains.

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Travel into the interior of Iceland is difficult at best. The unimproved roads are only open in July and August and you must travel in special vehicles with large tires that can ford the rivers (there are no bridges).

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Here is one of the lakes formed by the melting snow.

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This mountain seems to have its top leveled off.

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Iceland is a land of volcanic activity and this looks like the remains of a volcano that erupted in the past.

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Here’s a view of Reykjavik as we were approaching it.

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Another view of Reykjavik with the mountains in the background.

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