Photoville in Brooklyn /
If you're in the area, stop by the Brooklyn Bridge Park and check out Photoville! It houses a variety of galleries housed in re-purposed shipping containers by the pier. Shout out to Ms. Chan, who's working there for Getty Images, for inviting me! I also took the opportunity to try some long-exposure shots of the downtown NYC skyline.
Central Park Zoo /
Ms. Chan and I visited the Central Park Zoo today. It's a pretty small area and only $12 for adults, so if you're in the area, definitely stop by!
My 25 favorite photographs from Iceland /
This wasn't an easy task, as I had to sift through more than 1,300 photographs. I still feel as though I could do better, photography-wise. Either way, here are my favorite 25 photographs from the trip.
You can check out a video of the geysir erupting here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOSc4XIZDpk
Iceland Day 6 /
The final day! I woke up early in the morning (we slept on the side of the road) and continued towards Snaefellsnes peninsula. Along the way, we saw cows!
We reached the peninsula! There was so much we could do, but we decided to do a cave tour and see the coastline. This area was about 10 minutes from the visitor center.
Birds along the cliff edge.
Yeah this is tame compared to the time I cleaned the car in Seydisfjordur.
Rainbow!
This cave, Vatnshellir, was created from a volcanic eruption from Mount Snaefellsjokull. There's an Icelandic myth about a troll called Bardur to go along with it. Mount Snaefellsjokull was the inspiration for Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. So was this cave. In the book, when you go through the cave, through the earth, you come out in Stromboli, Italy. Apparently, that's true.
Apparently, 8 types of rare bacteria live in this cave. When you point your light, this bacteria, which is eating the cave, shines.
Further down the rabbit hole we go. Eventually, we got to a point where the tour guide told us to turn our lights off, and we experienced true darkness. He told us to be quiet and we heard the sounds of the cave, which was basically water droplets falling.
We stopped to go through this mountain. It looks like two fists.
Narrow spaces!
We then drove straight to Reykjavik, which was about 2 and a half hours away. We parked and first headed for the Settlement Exhibit, which was really cool. It showed us artifacts from the settlement age, and the history and genealogy of the vikings. Most Icelandic people have Nordic and Celtic blood in them.
I really like the runes Vikings used to write. Here's a passage from The Book of Settlement.
We ended up eating at Icelandic Fish and Chips, which again, was pretty delicious. Afterwards we headed back to our AirBnB host, where we crashed for the night. We woke up early the next day to catch our flight and said goodbye to this wonderful country. We keep talking about going back to live in Seydisfjordur or Akureyri for a few months or so. Who knows. No matter what, I'll definitely see you again, Iceland.