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Standing at a small waterfall near Kirkjubæjarklaustur (Iceland). This is none of the large and famous icelandic waterfalls, nevertheless it’s a very scenic one.
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The church was built in 1884, and was the last turf church built in the old style. It is one of six churches still standing, which are preserved as historical monuments. The church is maintained by the National Museum but also serves as a parish church.
This is my contribution for the World Wide Panorama (WWP) event titled heritage.
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Interior of the St. Sylvester church in Munich.
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The town of Eskifjörður is located in a fjord the very eastern part of Iceland. With 1,043 inhabitants it’s one of the largest towns of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
In the harbour of Eskifjörður (Iceland).
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Dettifoss is a large waterfall in the north of Iceland. In fact it is said that this is the most powerfull waterfall in Europe. The waterfall is 100 meters (330 ft) wide and drop about 45 meters (150 ft) at this location.
Standing at Dettifoss (Iceland)
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Víti (which is icelandic for ‘hell’) is a crater lake in the vulcanic area of the Krafla vulcano. The diameter is about 330 meters. The crater was formed by a steam eruption in 1724.
Standing at Víti crater lake near Krafla vulcano (Iceland).
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Hverarönð is a geothermal area east of the mountain Námafjall in the north of Iceland. It is part of the volcanic system of the Krafla volcano which is lokated about 8 km (5 miles) to the north.
Fumarole at Hverarönð geothermal area (Iceland)
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This is one of the rare occasions where I can provide an image, which documents the making of the panorama.
I took six images with a fisheye lens. After taking an image the pole was rotated about 60° before I took the next image. As the images were taken with a fisheye lens we were visible in the “nadir” of the final panorama. I retouched “nadir” and “zenith” manually in Photoshop. The real nadir and zenith were left unt(re-)touched as one shot was facing up and one was facing down.
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This image shows a hot mud pot in the Hverarönð geothermal area. The area is part of the volcanic system of the Krafla volcano which is lokated about 8 km (5 miles) to the north.
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This turf farm consists of 14 clustered houses. The site has been inhabited for centuries, and the farm is mentioned several times in the medieval Saga literature. Today it is a museum.
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This turf church is one of only six icelandic turf churches still standing. They are preserved as historical monuments. This church was built 1834 and has turf walls, but timber gables both back and front.
Turf church Víðimýrarkirkja (Iceland)
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