Reynisdrangar basalt sentinels
The Reynisdrangar basalt stacks rise dramatically out of the sea in front of the black volcanic sands of Reynisfjara beach, below Reynisfjall, a 340 m high tuff mountain formed by a volcanic eruption under a glacier in the penultimate ice age near the village of Vik, Iceland. The Reynisdrangar stacks are a collection of 66m high rocks from the same geological formation as Reynisfjall.
Legend has it that the stacks were created when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship ashore unsuccessfully, and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Francesco Ioli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
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12.2 MB
Aspect
4789:3193
Width
4789 px
Height
3193 px
Brand
Sony
Model
Sony A7II + Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE
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18 mm f/8 1/400 s ISO 250
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Adobe Lightroom
Coordinates
63.4012, -19.0355
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Black
Submitted
28 March 2024
Taken
14 August 2023
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