#Iceland’s relatively mild #climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the #Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier & stormier. As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for #collapse, Iceland’s govt has designated the risk a #NationalSecurity threat, prompting a a high-level response into how to prepare for this “ #existential threat.”

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/iceland-warming-current-amoc-collapse-threat?cid=ios_app

The Swans of Lagoon Fjord

Whooper swans gathering near the shoreline at the foot of Eystrahorn.
Reyðarártindur (771m/2530ft) is almost hidden in the mist.

Hvalnes Nature Reserve, Lónsfjörður in south-eastern #Iceland.

#Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

Steam, mist, and frost make for an interesting combination #nature #iceland #photos

#Iceland’s relatively mild #climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the #Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier & stormier. As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for #collapse, Iceland’s govt has designated the risk a #NationalSecurity threat, prompting a a high-level response into how to prepare for this “ #existential threat.”

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/iceland-warming-current-amoc-collapse-threat?cid=ios_app

Steam, mist, and frost make for an interesting combination #nature #iceland #photos

The Swans of Lagoon Fjord

Whooper swans gathering near the shoreline at the foot of Eystrahorn.
Reyðarártindur (771m/2530ft) is almost hidden in the mist.

Hvalnes Nature Reserve, Lónsfjörður in south-eastern #Iceland.

#Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography

"No Trees in Iceland"

Thickly vegetated with rowan and birch, Trostansfjörður is a very isolated and peaceful place. Sunndalur was heavy with mist and low cloud when we visited but the autumnal colours were still clearly visible.

The fjord is thought to be named after Saint Drostan (sometimes spelled as Throstan) of #Scotland, a disciple of St. Columba.

The waterfall is unnamed.

Vesturbyggð, Westfjords of #Iceland.

#FoggyFriday #ForestFriday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Reykjavík downtown yesterday. Water on ice is the best mirror you can get.

#iceland #reykjavik #photography #mirror #fujifilm #x-t5 #city

" #Iceland deems possible #Atlantic current collapse a security risk"

If the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC collapses, all of Northern #Europe is screwed. It won't happen soon, but it is a real possibility

All we have to do is take #ClimateChange seriously... oh, yeah. Fuck.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-2025-11-12/

"No Trees in Iceland"

Thickly vegetated with rowan and birch, Trostansfjörður is a very isolated and peaceful place. Sunndalur was heavy with mist and low cloud when we visited but the autumnal colours were still clearly visible.

The fjord is thought to be named after Saint Drostan (sometimes spelled as Throstan) of #Scotland, a disciple of St. Columba.

The waterfall is unnamed.

Vesturbyggð, Westfjords of #Iceland.

#FoggyFriday #ForestFriday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

" #Iceland deems possible #Atlantic current collapse a security risk"

If the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC collapses, all of Northern #Europe is screwed. It won't happen soon, but it is a real possibility

All we have to do is take #ClimateChange seriously... oh, yeah. Fuck.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-2025-11-12/

Reykjavík downtown yesterday. Water on ice is the best mirror you can get.

#iceland #reykjavik #photography #mirror #fujifilm #x-t5 #city

Reykjavík downtown yesterday. Water on ice is the best mirror you can get.

#iceland #reykjavik #photography #mirror #fujifilm #x-t5 #city

"The heavens have opened and out of the blue
Heralded, like a queen, across the night
The Northern Lights come marching into view"
- Cecil Day-Lewis

Red #aurora is quite rare and usually associated with intense solar activity. When charged particles react with less concentrated oxygen at greater altitudes (300-400 km/180-250 mi) it glows at higher wavelengths, creating red.

North-eastern #Iceland.

@photography

#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland2025 #Photography

"The heavens have opened and out of the blue
Heralded, like a queen, across the night
The Northern Lights come marching into view"
- Cecil Day-Lewis

Red #aurora is quite rare and usually associated with intense solar activity. When charged particles react with less concentrated oxygen at greater altitudes (300-400 km/180-250 mi) it glows at higher wavelengths, creating red.

North-eastern #Iceland.

@photography

#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland2025 #Photography

Solitaire

A lone photographer captures the beauty of the mountains on a cloudy day, not knowing that they themselves are being captured by me.

The slopes of Kambhorn (650m/2133ft) and the Viking helmet of Brunnhorn (435m/1427ft) in Stokksnes, south-eastern #Iceland.

@photography

#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography