New on 500px : the beautiful decay by barryt1200 by barryt1200

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New on 500px : Dakota Plane Wreck in Iceland by scuthography by scuthography

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New on 500px : The Abandoned Plane / Iceland by ozmen70 by ozmen70

In 1973 a United States Navy DC plane ran out of fuel and crashed on the black beach at Sólheimasandur, in the South coast of Iceland. Fortunately, everyone in that plane survived. Later it turned out that the pilot had simply switched over to the wrong fuel tank. The remains are still on the sand very close to the sea.

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New on 500px : Raised by JulienCarcano by JulienCarcano

Here is the first photo of my first trip in Iceland. Normally at this time of the year snow is covering the all country but this year as been very mild and soft so not so much snow.

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New on 500px : Perfect Dance by AaronMPhoto by AaronMPhoto

Willie, Alan, Rebecca and I had enjoyed an amazingly spectacular display of Northern Lights the night before, when the sun kicked up a Kp 5 solar storm for us. Selfishly we hoped it would repeat the following night when we made our way further east to Vesturhorn. The following night we drove to Vesturhorn, parked our Happy Camper RV’s on the side of the road and waited.

Clouds had rolled in after sunset and we were a bit discouraged. We went to bed hoping the clouds would clear. Every hour I would wake up, check the sky, reset the alarm and go back to bed. I repeated this 5 times and, finally, at 5am, with a few hours left before sunrise, I noticed the clouds were disappearing. I grabbed the camera and raced outside. Rebecca and I were so engrossed with watching the aurora perfectly dance through the sky that we almost forgot to wake up Willie and Alan! The next 3 hours were spent taking photo after photo, mostly in complete silence, as we made sure to soak in the scene.

Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8:
14mm, f/2.8 2.5 sec, ISO 1600
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New on 500px : Unfriendly Lands by tchebotarev by tchebotarev

Vestrahorn… black sands. First settlers, were they to arrive during the weather we did, would definitely call this place hell or devil’s something. It’s dark, covered in black sand, and has a look of some epic final scene in a war of gods and men.

But, frankly, that’s what we photographers want — something that sticks out, something that we can show and our audience can say “wow”.

And so, here’s the Vestrahorn with the leading line made of sand dunes.

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Follow all the photos from our adventure #500pxIcelandTour with Iurie Belegurschi and Slava Mylnikov.

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New on 500px : black sand and last sun rays by Irca by Irca

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