Gudrun's photos
Stuttgart - Eckensee
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Stuttgart - Staatstheater
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Kleines Haus (theatre and ballett) built 1959-62, architect Hans Volkart
Großes Haus (opera and ballett) built 1909-12, architect Max Littmann
Stuttgart- Neues Schloss
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Santa Laura - plaza and bandstand
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Santa Laura
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Santa Laura - casa de yodo
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Humberstone - hotel
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Humberstone - theatre
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Humberstone - church
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Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are on the list of World Heritage in danger.
Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178
Upptyppingar
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Upptyppingar is a móberg ridge in the Askja fissure swarm. In the foreground lava and pumice from Askja eruptions can be seen.
Jökulsá a Fjöllum and Upptyppingar
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Jökulsá a Fjöllum, originating from Vatnajökull, is Iceland's second longest river (206km) and the one with the largest drainage basin. During holocene eruptions of Bárðarbunga jökulhlaups with a peak discharge of 900,000 m³ per second have occured along the river.
Jökulsá a Fjöllum and Askja
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The photo was taken from the bridge over Jökulsá a Fjöllum, where mountain road F910 crosses the river. Askja can be seen in the background.
Slórfell from F905
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Road F905 branches south near Möðrudalur, passing along the palagonite range of Möðrudalsfjallgarður until connecting with F910 towards Askja. In dry and windy weather the area is prone to sandstorms.
Möðrudalur Church
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Möðrudalur (469m) is the highest and most isolated populated place in Iceland. It has been a working (sheep) farm since settlement times. The church was built in 1949 by farmer Jón Stefánsson in memory of his late wife.He also painted the picture over the altar (see note).
Möðrudalsöræfi Panorama
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View from the pass over Möðrudalsfjallgarður. What is now road 901 used to be part of the ring road until 2005. Möðrudalsöræfi consists of dolerite and palagonite bedrock with cones and ridges from late ice age fissure eruptions.
Large size:
www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/35794459/sizes/o
River Kreppá and Austurleið
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Highland Road F910 and river Kreppá, the major tributary of Jökulsá a Fjöllum. A jökulhlaup (glacier outburst flood) from Vatnajökull would reach this area in less than 3 hours: avd.is/is/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jokulhlaup_kort_Holuhraun_20141017.png
On Highland Road F910-Austurleið
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After the Kreppá bridge F910 meanders through Krepputunga before doubling back to cross Jökulsá a Fjöllum. Móberg ridge Herðubreiðartögl and table volcano Herðubreið can be seen in the background, the foreground is filled with lava and pumice from Askja eruption.
Version with selective colouring added!
Herðubreið, the queen of Icelandic mountains
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Herðubreið (1682m) is a classic tuya (subglacial volcano) topped by a 300m thick subaerial lava shield. The photo was taken near the bridge over River Kreppá, the lava and pumice in the foreground stem from Askja eruptions.
