2022 Iceland Southwest Coast

Obligatory gear picture prior to packing it all up.

Obligatory train picture on the way to DIA.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

I intended to drive up to Einhyrningur, but between jetlag and unfamiliarity with the rental car on rough roads and water crossings, I had to turn back about 3/4 of the way there. At which point I encountered one of the coolest sunsets ever.

It's vitally important to socially distance while hiking through the poisonous fumes at the glowing-red edge of an active volcano.

About ten days after the second eruption ended. It was still steaming and smoking all over the place (but curiously, no noticeable smells). I stopped for a moment in Grindavik to check the map on the way to the trailhead, on a spot that turned into a fairly large crevasse in the later Sundhnúkur eruptions. I always get a kick out of how casual Iceland is about geological features that will burn you dead if you aren't careful - in the U.S., it would have been a year or more before you could have gotten anywhere near a lava flow like this, thanks to the danger not of toxic fumes or messy incineration but liability lawsuits.

About ten days after the second eruption ended. It was still steaming and smoking all over the place (but curiously, no noticeable smells). I stopped for a moment in Grindavik to check the map on the way to the trailhead, on a spot that turned into a fairly large crevasse in the later Sundhnúkur eruptions. I always get a kick out of how casual Iceland is about geological features that will burn you dead if you aren't careful - in the U.S., it would have been a year or more before you could have gotten anywhere near a lava flow like this, thanks to the danger not of toxic fumes or messy incineration but liability lawsuits.

About ten days after the second eruption ended. It was still steaming and smoking all over the place (but curiously, no noticeable smells). I stopped for a moment in Grindavik to check the map on the way to the trailhead, on a spot that turned into a fairly large crevasse in the later Sundhnúkur eruptions. I always get a kick out of how casual Iceland is about geological features that will burn you dead if you aren't careful - in the U.S., it would have been a year or more before you could have gotten anywhere near a lava flow like this, thanks to the danger not of toxic fumes or messy incineration but liability lawsuits.

About ten days after the second eruption ended. It was still steaming and smoking all over the place (but curiously, no noticeable smells). I stopped for a moment in Grindavik to check the map on the way to the trailhead, on a spot that turned into a fairly large crevasse in the later Sundhnúkur eruptions. I always get a kick out of how casual Iceland is about geological features that will burn you dead if you aren't careful - in the U.S., it would have been a year or more before you could have gotten anywhere near a lava flow like this, thanks to the danger not of toxic fumes or messy incineration but liability lawsuits.

About ten days after the second eruption ended. It was still steaming and smoking all over the place (but curiously, no noticeable smells). I stopped for a moment in Grindavik to check the map on the way to the trailhead, on a spot that turned into a fairly large crevasse in the later Sundhnúkur eruptions. I always get a kick out of how casual Iceland is about geological features that will burn you dead if you aren't careful - in the U.S., it would have been a year or more before you could have gotten anywhere near a lava flow like this, thanks to the danger not of toxic fumes or messy incineration but liability lawsuits.