Iceland’s Earthquakes
Iceland’s earthquakes are a consequence of being both a new land (18 million years old) and being situated on the North American/ Euro-Aisian continental plate divide. This is a land where brand new planet earth is being generated on a regular basis. The continental plates are drifting apart to accommodate new crust material. This short video shows Iceland’s earthquakes and volcanoes over the last 15 years. Created by Datamarket. 15 Years of Icelandic Earthquakes and Eruptions in 4 Minutes from hjalli on Vimeo. Although this video misses the Grimsvotn volcanic eruption of 2011,...
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This video was shot on a tour in February. Shots are taken from the East coast at Vesturhorn, the beach at Jökulsarlon and Kirkjufellsfoss in Grundarfjorður. The music is a home recording with an online collaboration with Bagwar ‘Cigar monkey’. It is called ‘Hello’. news
Read MoreEyjafjallajokull Eruption – pt.2 the real deal
Eyjafjalljökull: The little one’s dead, now it’s time for the big one to come out to play. It was the day after the eruption at Fimmvörðuhals died that the big one erupted (14th April 2010). Obviously they are connected via underground volcanic chambers. The real concern was that Fimmvörðuhals was directly between Eyjafjalljökull and the dreaded Katla. The last time Eyjafjalljökull (1821) erupted, it was followed by a Katla eruption. The authorities were taking no chances and evacuated nearly 500 people from local farms. An exclusion zone was set up and police blocked the...
Read MoreEyjafjallajokull Eruption – pt.1 under Fimmvörðurháls
in Blog, blog, blog | 0 commentsEyjafjalljökull’s little brother – Fimmvörðurháls It is 2 years since the rumblings began under Eyjafjallajokull so I thought I might share my memories of that exciting time. It was at the same time that I decided to start my photo tour business and the small eruption under Fimmvörðurháls coincided with my Mum’s one and only trip to Iceland. When the Fimmvörðurháls eruption began it was a frustrating time for Icelandic photographers. The authorities created a 20km exclusion zone around the tiny eruption. Local people were evacuated from their farmsteads as the...
Read MoreThe Icelandic, Naked Yoga Project
Introducing my first book in cooperation with Hanna Birna… The Icelandic, Naked Yoga Project. This is an exploration of the Icelandic Nature, Yoga and the Human form. The book features a selection of photographs taken over the project duration of 18 months. This book was created to show the beauty of Yoga exercises along with the beauty of the human body set in the beauty of the Icelandic nature. Iceland, the land of Ice and Fire, is the setting for this book, naked people, performing regular yoga poses in the Icelandic wilderness. The idea grew from a sunny Summer morning on the...
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