The Standing Stones of Stenness

The Standing Stones of Stenness is part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a group of Neolithic monuments on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This composition shows three of the four remaining stones of what is believed to have been a circle of up to twelve. This “henge” site may be the oldest in the British Isles dating back to 3100 BC. A henge refers to a circular or oval-shaped earthworks or bank with an internal ditch surrounding a flat area of 66ft (20 m) in diameter often with ritual structures of timber or stone circles and coves.

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C. S.

Kirkwall, Scotland Facade

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Kerið Crater Iceland

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Kerið Crater is one of the volcanic craters of the Tjarnarhólar crater group in the Grímsnes area of southwest Iceland, it’s one of the stops along the iconic Golden Circle day tour. The volcano was estimated to have been active between 6,400 – 9,000 years ago.

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C. S.

Mooring Rope

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I captured this cool mooring rope at the Bygdøynes ferry landing near the FRAM Museum in Oslo, Norway. For the best viewing experience, click to view a high resolution version.

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C. S.

Oslo Opera House

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Home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta won the design competition to build a new opera house in the city. Completed in 2007, the Opera House won the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in October 2008 award.

The building resembles a glacier flowing into the Oslofjord inlet. The white granite structure invites pedestrians to walk up and enjoy a panoramic view of Oslo from the roof. The strong lines and angular shape were an architectural photographer’s dream.

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C. S.

Akershus Fortress, Oslo

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Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city. Construction is believed to have begun in in the late 1290s by King Haakon V. For centuries, the fortress withstood numerous Swedish led sieges. It did surrender without conflict to the Nazis in 1940.

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C. S.

Goðafoss Waterfall

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Goðafoss waterfall is in northern Iceland near Akureyri. Local legend claims the waterfall got it’s name (waterfall of the gods) around 999 AD when the country made Christianity the official religion, afterwards which statues or Norse gods were thrown into the waterfall.

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C. S.

Akureyrarkirkja Church

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Built in 1940, Akureyrarkirkja Church is a Lutheran church in the town of Akureyri in North Iceland., designed by renowned architect Guðjón Samúelsson. Inspired by Iceland’s basalt rock formations, the church sits on a hill overlooking the town.

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C. S.

Seljalandsfoss

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Easily accessible from Route 1 on the southern coast of Ireland, Seljalandsfoss drops 197 ft (60m) from the plateau above, fed by the Seljalands River having its origin in the volcano glacier Eyjafjallajökull. The ability to walk behind the waterfall is very cool feature, I plan to share photos of this feature in a future post.

Thanks to the 5-axis in camera stabilization of my Nikon z8, I was able to capture some water creaminess at a 20^/secexposure. No time for deploying a tripod at this brief stop on our bus tour. For the best viewing experience, click to see a high resolution version.

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C. S.

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

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In the distant background you can faintly see the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier head where icebergs break off into the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, near Diamond Beach, Iceland.

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C. S.