My trip to Iceland: The mysterious things I saw and brought home My trip to Iceland: The mysterious things I saw and brought home.

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My trip to Iceland: The mysterious things I saw and brought home My trip to Iceland: The mysterious things I saw and brought home.

Mid-Atlantic ridge. New land is being created here! This is a wall of cooled lava. The lava wall is taller than a 5 story building

Mid Atlantic ridge I am standing between two plates. Me

One of Iceland’s traditions is at the end of hike or walk make a stack of rocks. This is an area covered with piles of rocks. It is about the size of a football field This is an area covered with piles of rocks. It is about the size of a football field.

Hundafoss waterfall The waterfall is flowing over columnar basalt, notice its hexagonal shape.

The bottom view of the columnar basalt

An excavation of Augustine church Who’s this?

Blue water = river water Brown murky water = water from melting glacier Mysterious things happen in Iceland