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| Mýrdals-jökull glacier, Iceland |
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| Water bores holes down through the ice. |
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| Cathedral-like vaults form over melting ice. |
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| Our guide looks into a large hole. |
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| Here I am armed with a pick! Not exactly a fashion statement! |
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Skógafoss
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| Skógafoss up close |
Day 4 of my residency in Iceland lived up to my expectations. I arranged for the 'Walk on the Ice' excursion before leaving home and it provided me with much material for my 'Sculpted by Water' project. Above are only a few of the hundreds of photos I snapped during the hike. The surface of the glacier softens in the summer, making it porous and easy to dig into with crampons on our boots. The pick also helps to steady us as we climb up and down strange formations of ice and cinders. The cones of ash actually begin in crevices in the ice during a volcanic eruption. The cinders compact and remain as the ice around them melts, leaving behind hillocks and cones of blackness. Black streaks mark layers of eruptions in the ice field. The most active volcano in Iceland, Katia, lurks beneath the surface of this glacier.
On the way back from the hike, we stopped at Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss, both majestic and gigantic waterfalls. The glacier lost 20 cm of height to melting in the last four days! All of this surging water makes impressive waterfalls all along the southern ridge of cliffs.
Time to work in the studio today!
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