News just out is that the sub-glacial volcano Grímsvötn beneath the Vatnajökull icecap in southeast Iceland has erupted today. A jökulhlaup – the burst of flood that usually follows sub-glacial eruptions – can be expected 10-12 hours from now.
The following images were taken on the stretch of Ring Road that runs across the great sand plain known as Skeiðarársandur, the area that would be vulnerable to any glacial pop unleashed by Grímsvötn. The last deadly jökulhlaup recorded here was in 1996.
Fjallsjökull, a tongue of the Vatnajökull glacier
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Driving into the wall of ice
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II
Twisted remains of the bridge at Skeiðarársandur from the 1996 jökulhlaup
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Skaftafellsjökull, another tongue of Vatnajökull
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 L IS II
Lómagnúpur
5D Mark II, 24-105L
It had been a while since I last looked at your photos. Still awesome!
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You have that childlike attention to detail, Rajan Bhai, because when I look at these pictures, it seems like I’m absorbed in the road divider lines instead of the coldly terrific terrains lying ahead of them. Great perspectives!