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Icelandic Ice

Friday, 28th October 2005 by

Astonishing picture here of what looks like a massive glacial flow at the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland. Low reolution I’m afraid, but scroll around the rest of Iceland and you’ll see loads more stunning natural imagery. Thanks to Rachel and Lauri Kangas.

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