Photos by Michael Gordon: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

One can climb to the top of Helgafell for an excellent view. Remember not to look back as you climb it, and make a wish, and local story has it that your wish will come true. This photo is vastly sunnier than it was the day I climbed it and I ended up camping in a borrow pit west of Stykkisholmur to escape the relentless wind.

It is here, or near by to the right, at the farm Drangur that Eric the Red (Eirik Rauði -- google as Eirik Raudi) was said to have killed someone in the year AD 950 or thereabouts, fleeing retribution proceeded west to Greenland and his son, in English Lief Ericson but more properly Leifur Eirikkson, proceeded west to Vinland (Canada). I was amazed to find such history in this land. As to how many people go to church, I suppose maybe a dozen at Easter and the pub is in nearby Stykkisholmur. But watch out for the drive; you cross a fjord and the wind blows so hard that it rips water off the surface of the sea and can blow your car off the road.

View northeast of Logan, Utah, from pretty close to the official center of town. The large building in the center of the photo is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Behind it a half mile or so is Utah State University. Made with Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR ED stabilized lens while riding in a Robinson R22 helicopter about 500 feet above ground.

Photographed with a Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR ED Nikkor (vr is vibration reduction) from a Robinson R22 helicopter.

Known in Iceland as "Heiðlóa" (related to Heath, or heather; moorland or tundra). Their musical call will carry for hundreds of meters across the tundra and I think they are the first bird in spring. They are larger than most plovers and very cheerful in disposition. In mid-winter, the radio station sometimes plays for a minute just the sound of the Heiðlóa calling across the tundra and it brings delight to most listeners, certainly so for me.

Iceland has added quite a lot of interesting things since I was there.

Wonderfully composed and the weather is perfect (ie, normal for Pacific Northwest). This was the bridge my grandmother crossed only once and called it a "white knuckle" drive (she is afraid of heights).

Thank You....Shukran...شكرًا

thank you hope you enjoy

This one likewise was made at 38º 24' 12.98" N 109º 42' 31.53" W a few miles southwest from Hatch Point.