Iceland’s Amazing Godafoss

Iceland’s Waterfall Of The Gods Driving about sixty miles outside Akureyri through a hilly landscape you arrive at a fractured stretch of countryside marked by rugged volcanic rock with a river flowing through a narrow canyon. Walking a short distance up the canyon rim is an overlook above Godafoss Waterfall. It is one of Iceland’sContinue reading “Iceland’s Amazing Godafoss”

Todays Image • Iceland’s Godafoss

Godafoss, Iceland’s Waterfall Of The Gods Driving about sixty miles outside Akureyri through a hilly landscape you arrive at a fractured stretch of countryside marked by rugged volcanic rock with a river flowing through a narrow canyon. Walking a short distance up the canyon rim is an overlook above Godafoss Waterfall. It is one ofContinue reading “Todays Image • Iceland’s Godafoss”

Todays Image • Maidens Of The Acropolis

The Athen’s Acropolis is an amazing place with “The Porch Of The Maidens” being a frequent subject for photographs. The porch sits at the rear of the detailed Erechtheion that was constructed around 315 BC. The maidens are facing the Parthenon, and were given the name ‘Caryatids’, after the young women from the village of Karyes inContinue reading “Todays Image • Maidens Of The Acropolis”

Todays Images, Taormina, Sicily

Taormina is a resort area on the east coast of Sicily with a reputation as a shopping Mecca. Almost two dozen of the world’s most famous fashion houses have showrooms in this quant Sicilian hillside town. Sitting within sight of the active volcano Mt. Etna, Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.Continue reading “Todays Images, Taormina, Sicily”

Todays Featured Images • Iceland’s Falling Waters

 Iceland sits just south of the Arctic Circle in the North Atlantic.making it subject to harsh winters. By mid summer snow melt floods the rivers and lower landscape. In addition it is situated on the divergent boundary between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, making it a hotspot for geological activity including numerous volcanicContinue reading “Todays Featured Images • Iceland’s Falling Waters”