messalyn - Mot-clé - IslandeLe Val de Belyer2022-11-06T20:44:24+00:00urn:md5:a8bb75de6bd06e1519206c7bc4ace8a7DotclearOskúrlafaktur Part VI : Everyoneurn:md5:b4ea5dd253c3c8f33593de47d7d887252020-04-12T02:14:00+02:002020-04-18T03:10:24+02:00messalynUnderbara ResadimmuborgirExpéditionsIslandeLightroomMývatnNikon D60SiglufjörðurVatnsnesVSCO FILM® 04<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/grottesgrjotagja0408/grottesgrjotagja0408_003.jpg" title="Subterranean azure hot pool that came to fame through an episode of the acclaimed HBO show Game of Thrones with characters Jon Snow and Ygritte"><img alt="Subterranean azure hot pool that came to fame through an episode of the acclaimed HBO show Game of Thrones with characters Jon Snow and Ygritte, Grjótagjá cave #003, Iceland, 4 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/grottesgrjotagja0408/.grottesgrjotagja0408_003_l.jpg" /></a></figure> <p>Du fait de ma pratique artistique, je me suis très tôt intéressée à la question de la signature, et ai rapidement développé quelques règles dont la plupart ont survécu à mon adolescence. Une phrase, une disgression (typique) : qui sont ces gens qui signent en ÉNORME sur leur taf et pourquoi ??? Autant je trouve ça important de doter ses créations d'un contexte, de là à ce que celui-ci nous saute à la figure… Caché dans l'image, sous le passe-partout ou carrément au dos sont toutes des options valables à mes yeux. Bloguer, ou même poster en ligne, m'a également donné envie de développer une autre forme de signature, et c'est heureux car même dans sa plus profonde léthargie, des dates-clés m'ont toujours attendu au tournant pour me raccrocher à ce petit wagonnet à l'abandon, au point que même quand je n'ai vraiment aucune motivation pour écrire, je ne les laisse filer qu'avec regret. TANT MIEUX. J'ai fait vœu de maintenir cet espace jusqu'à la prochaine méga tempête solaire, alors il est temps de se retrousser les manches jusqu'à au moins 2017 (Digression numéro 2 : si la période actuelle vous angoisse et que la possibilité de remonter le temps de quelques mois vous tente, <a href="https://www.gog.com/game/blade_runner" hreflang="en" title="le jeu Blade Runner enfin disponible sur Good Old Games (GOG.com)">j'ai exactement ce qu'il vous faut</a>, mais à vous de voir si c'était vraiment mieux avant)<sup>[<a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#pnote-586-1" id="rev-pnote-586-1">1</a>]</sup>.</p>
<p lang="en">On behalf of my artistic practice, I've paid attention to the notion of signature quite early on, and follow the same rituals ever since my teens. Unavoidable digression: who are those people with GIANT signatures on the front of their work and why??? While I deem it quite important to provide context to your creations, there's no need for it to be on the frontline, whether that's a big scribble or your gilded embossed megagiant flourished monogram for that matter. I'm equally fine with visually hiding such things in the picture, loosing them underneath the frame mat or just having them on the back. End of digression. What I meant was that even blogging has had me develop a signature of sorts, which has nothing to do with style, but rather with the frequency of my posts. An uninteresting detail to the overlooker but to me, it has been invaluable in providing a few milestones I'm loath to miss, or at the very least never doing so without a little dose of regret. But that's a good thing! I've done too many abandoned blog urbex to not have vowed to not be that person. Let's rewind back to 2017 (Digression n°2: for those of you distressed by the current times, <a href="https://www.gog.com/game/blade_runner" hreflang="en" title="Blade Runner 1997 Westwood Studios game finally available on Good Old Games (GOG.com)">I've found a way to time travel to just a few months back</a>, however I cannot guarantee that those were rosier times)<sup>[<a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#pnote-586-1" id="rev-pnote-586-1">1</a>]</sup>.</p>
<p>Ce post sera assez long donc j'ai prévu des liens rapides pour ses diverses parties, si vous souhaitez en couper la lecture. Pour ma part, je ne souhaite pas faire durer cette série plus longtemps car il y a des limites au nombre d'années qu'une série de posts <em>d'un seul voyage</em> devrait passer dans la pile des choses <em>en cours</em>, n'est-ce-pas. Et clairement elle a été passée <em>il y a un bout de temps</em>.</p>
<p lang="en">This post is quite the lengthy one, so I've planned a few quick links to its various parts to be read in multiple installments if you feel like it. As far as I'm concerned, this serie has overspent its time by *several months* to still be on the current post list for *just the one trip*, so I've bundled up all I could in this one finale.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#anchor-586-1" id="rev-anchor-586-1">Mývatn</a> · <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#anchor-586-2" id="rev-anchor-586-2">Siglufjörður</a> · <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#anchor-586-3" id="rev-anchor-586-3">Vatnsnes</a></p>
<h2 id="anchor-586-1">Mývatn</h2>
<p>Il est temps d'aborder une sortie de route moins dramatique que la première. Il est rare que l'Islande offre une route transversale accessible au grand public, la route circulaire qui ceint l'île étant généralement la plus effective pour se déplacer sur de longues distances. Néanmoins une fois arrivés complètement à l'est, notre prochaine étape se situait pour une fois dans les terres, aller se fondre dans les nuages de touris-- de moucherons de Mývatn. Nous avons donc bifurqué vers le nord-ouest rejoindre nos nouveaux quartiers à 300€ la nuit ou quelque chose dans le genre, dans la plus pure tradition islandaise.</p>
<p lang="en">Time to dwelve into another escapade from the main road, though not as dramatic as— you know the one. There aren't so many crossroads in Iceland for the general public equipped with normal cars, as usually the circular road on the coasts of the country is the fastest option available for long distances. Yet once we reached the (central point of the) far east, the next stop was for once a lake region in the back country, where we were to join the swarms of touris-- of midges of Mývatn. So we turned north-west, soon reaching our next lodgings at probably 300€ a night or something in what is alas typical icelandic style.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_001.jpg" title="Shamefully expensive lodgings"><img alt="Shamefully expensive lodgings" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_001_l.jpg" title="Shamefully expensive lodgings, Dimmuborgir #001, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Et pour ce prix c'est meublé comme un Formule 1 / <span lang="en">And for that price it still looks better on the outside</span></figcaption>
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<p>La curiosité locale, ce sont les dimmuborgirs, ces immenses formations de lave. En 2017, elles avaient encore cette aura unique associée au phénomène Game of Thrones, ce que l'on pourrait comparer à la sensation de visiter Hyst-- Wysteria Lane en pleine folie Desperate Housewives.</p>
<p lang="en">The main local attraction are the dimmuborgirs, those weird and tall lava miniature mountains. In 2017 they had the added bonus to be one of the sets of the then still current phenomena Game of Thrones, a sensation one could only compare from one's experience to visiting Hyst-- Wysteria Lane during peak Desperate Housewives madness.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_006.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an archaway into the dimmuborgir"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an archaway into the dimmuborgir" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_006_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an archaway into the dimmuborgir, Dimmuborgir #006, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_007.jpg" title="Birch and dimmuborgir"><img alt="Birch and dimmuborgir" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_007_l.jpg" title="Birch and dimmuborgir, Dimmuborgir #007, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_008.jpg" title="Rocks and path"><img alt="Rocks and path" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_008_l.jpg" title="Rocks and path, Dimmuborgir #008, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_010.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the dimmuborgir strange rocks"><img alt="Black and white photograph of the dimmuborgir strange rocks" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_010_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the dimmuborgir strange rocks, Dimmuborgir #010, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le noir et blanc est l'un des meilleurs cache-misères des météos peu arrangeantes / <span lang="en">Black and white is such a convenient way to improve on boring weather lighting</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/dimmuborgir0408_011.jpg" title="Birch"><img alt="Birch" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dimmuborgir0408/.dimmuborgir0408_011_l.jpg" title="Birch, Dimmuborgir #011, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/myvatn0408_003.jpg" title="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day"><img alt="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/.myvatn0408_003_l.jpg" title="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day, Mývatn #003, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/myvatn0408_005.jpg" title="Impressionist landscape in a swarm of midges"><img alt="Impressionist landscape in a swarm of midges" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/.myvatn0408_005_l.jpg" title="Impressionist landscape in a swarm of midges, Mývatn #005, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Moucherons impressionistes / <span lang="en">Impressionist midges</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/myvatn0408_006.jpg" title="Large volcanic rock in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day"><img alt="Large volcanic rock in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/.myvatn0408_006_l.jpg" title="Large volcanic rock in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day, Mývatn #006, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/myvatn0408_007.jpg" title="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day"><img alt="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/.myvatn0408_007_l.jpg" title="Dimmuborgir in the middle of the lake on a sunny summer day, Mývatn #007, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/myvatn0408_008.jpg" title="Large volcanic rocks facing a lake on a sunny summer day"><img alt="Large volcanic rocks facing a lake on a sunny summer day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/myvatn0408/.myvatn0408_008_l.jpg" title="Large volcanic rocks facing a lake on a sunny summer day, Mývatn #008, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/pseudo-crateres0408_001.jpg" title="Pseudo-crater"><img alt="Pseudo-crater" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/.pseudo-crateres0408_001_l.jpg" title="Pseudo-crater, Pseudo-cratères #001, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Pseudo-cratère / <span lang="en">Pseudo-crater</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/pseudo-crateres0408_002.jpg" title="Red farm and grazing horses"><img alt="Red farm and grazing horses" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/.pseudo-crateres0408_002_l.jpg" title="Red farm and grazing horses, Pseudo-cratères #002, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le quota équin d'un post sur l'Islande qui se respecte / <span lang="en">Mandatory equine quota of any given Iceland blog post</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/pseudo-crateres0408_003.jpg" title="Wetlands of Mývatn area"><img alt="Wetlands of Mývatn area" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/.pseudo-crateres0408_003_l.jpg" title="Wetlands of Mývatn area, Pseudo-cratères #003, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/pseudo-crateres0408_007.jpg" title="Tourists sporting unnecessary beekeeper hats to keep clear of the swarms of midges (mý in Icelandic) in Mývatn area"><img alt="Tourists sporting unnecessary beekeeper hats to keep clear of the swarms of midges (mý in Icelandic) in Mývatn area" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/pseudocrateres0408/.pseudo-crateres0408_007_l.jpg" title="Tourists sporting unnecessary beekeeper hats to keep clear of the swarms of midges (mý in Icelandic) in Mývatn area, Pseudo-cratères #007, Iceland, 4 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Les moucherons ne piquent pas et de manière générale ne s'intéressent pas à notre présence, donc voilà les chapeaux d'apiculteur… moué / <span lang="en">Overkill hat-lert, considering these non-stingy insects don't care at all for humans</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/grottesgrjotagja0408/grottesgrjotagja0408_003.jpg" title="Subterranean azure hot pool that came to fame through an episode of the acclaimed HBO show Game of Thrones with characters Jon Snow and Ygritte"><img alt="Subterranean azure hot pool that came to fame through an episode of the acclaimed HBO show Game of Thrones with characters Jon Snow and Ygritte, Grjótagjá cave #003, Iceland, 4 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/grottesgrjotagja0408/.grottesgrjotagja0408_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Vous savez, <em>cette</em> grotte. / <span lang="en">That grotto, you know the one</span></figcaption>
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<h2 id="anchor-586-2">Siglufjörður</h2>
<p>Après cette petite parenthèse dans l'arrière-pays, nous sommes retournés sur la route circulaire, toujours jalonnée de fjords, et de maisons lego ou gothiques (choisis ton camp).</p>
<p lang="en">After that short back country interlude, we found ourselves on the main circular road again along the fjords, driving past many gothic or lego houses (so much for middle-grounds).</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_002.jpg" title="Waterfall going straight to the ocean"><img alt="Waterfall going straight to the ocean" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_002_l.jpg" title="Waterfall going straight to the ocean, Siglufjörður #002, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le quota cascade d'un post sur l'Islande qui se respecte / <span lang="en">Mandatory waterfall quota of any given Iceland blog post</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_003.jpg" title="Typical icelandic house in white x blue corrugated metal in the middle of a valley"><img alt="Typical icelandic house in white x blue corrugated metal in the middle of a valley" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_003_l.jpg" title="Typical icelandic house in white x blue corrugated metal in the middle of a valley, Siglufjörður #003, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_004.jpg" title="Artic terns nesting in the grass"><img alt="Artic terns nesting in the grass" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_004_l.jpg" title="Artic terns nesting in the grass, Siglufjörður #004, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Sternes arctiques nidifiant et incidemment prêtes à défendre bec et griffe leur discret berceau / <span lang="en">Artic terns nesting in the grass, fiercely defending their property against whoever unknowingly gets too close</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_006.jpg" title="Town view from the fjord"><img alt="Town view from the fjord" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_006_l.jpg" title="Town view from the fjord, Siglufjörður #006, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Siglufjörður</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_008.jpg" title="Corrugated metal houses in bold colours, red, blue, yellow"><img alt="Corrugated metal houses in bold colours, red, blue, yellow" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_008_l.jpg" title="Corrugated metal houses in bold colours, red, blue, yellow, Siglufjörður #008, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_007.jpg" title="Wood and nails sculpture of an elderly man in the town centre"><img alt="Wood and nails sculpture of an elderly man in the town centre" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_007_l.jpg" title="Wood and nails sculpture of an elderly man in the town centre, Siglufjörður #007, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_010.jpg" title="Seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery"><img alt="Seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_010_l.jpg" title="Seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery, Siglufjörður #010, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_009.jpg" title="Pretty blue corrugated metal house at the edges of the town"><img alt="Pretty blue corrugated metal house at the edges of the town" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_009_l.jpg" title="Pretty blue corrugated metal house at the edges of the town, Siglufjörður #009, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Je n'ai jamais voulu transitionner des Sims 3 vers les Sims 4 à cause de l'aspect cartoon du quatrième volet mais outre cela, ses packs additionnels sortis de nulle part me manquent aussi, dont une simili ville islandaise à laquelle cette photo me fait fortement penser (que j'aurais acheté en un instant s'ils n'avaient pas frappé plus fort encore avec leur pack du vieil hollywood où j'établis en 2013 ma (mes) dernière(s) demeure(s) / <span lang="en">I never transitioned from the Sims 3 to the Sims 4 owing to the cartoony facelift of the franchise, but also because I would be sure to miss the weird but awesome choices of additional towns of the third opus such as the simili-icelandic one this photo reminds me of (would probably have bought along with the italian one hadn't they released the perfect Golden Age Hollywood neighbourhood, where I settled for good).</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_011.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery"><img alt="Black and white photograph of seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_011_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of seagulls lining up on the roof of the fishery, Siglufjörður #011, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le toit de la pêcherie sous haute surveillance / <span lang="en">On the fishery roof, their watch has not ended yet</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_012.jpg" title="Arctic tern"><img alt="Arctic tern" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_012_l.jpg" title="Arctic tern, Siglufjörður #012, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_015.jpg" title="Little isolated black house in a cloudy valley"><img alt="Little isolated black house in a cloudy valley" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_015_l.jpg" title="Little isolated black house in a cloudy valley, Siglufjörður #015, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption><span lang="en">Legothic</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_017.jpg" title="Cloud above a cliff by the sea"><img alt="Cloud above a cliff by the sea" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_017_l.jpg" title="Cloud above a cliff by the sea, Siglufjörður #017, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_018.jpg" title="Entrance/exit of Héðinsfjarðargöng, Iceland longest tunnel counting 11km or 6.8 miles"><img alt="Entrance/exit of Héðinsfjarðargöng, Iceland longest tunnel counting 11km or 6.8 miles" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_018_l.jpg" title="Entrance/exit of Héðinsfjarðargöng, Iceland longest tunnel counting 11km or 6.8 miles, Siglufjörður #018, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le début ou la fin de 11 km de calvaire claustro / <span lang="en">Entrance or exit point of Héðinsfjarðargöng, Iceland longest tunnel counting 11 km (6.8 miles)</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_019.jpg" title="Bright orange lighthouse"><img alt="Bright orange lighthouse" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_019_l.jpg" title="Bright orange lighthouse, Siglufjörður #019, Iceland, 5 august 2017, nov. 2019" /></a>
<figcaption>Voici la lumière au bout du tunnel, et elle est orange / <span lang="en">This is the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's orange</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_020.jpg" title="Cloudy mountainscape"><img alt="Cloudy mountainscape" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_020_l.jpg" title="Cloudy mountainscape, Siglufjörður #020, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_021.jpg" title="Sun and clouds play on the sea"><img alt="Sun and clouds play on the sea" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_021_l.jpg" title="Sun and clouds play on the sea, Siglufjörður #021, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_022.jpg" title="Unknowingly gothic black farmhouse"><img alt="Unknowingly gothic black farmhouse" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_022_l.jpg" title="Unknowingly gothic black farmhouse, Siglufjörður #022, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0508_023.jpg" title="Geese"><img alt="Geese" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0508_023_l.jpg" title="Geese, Siglufjörður #023, Iceland, 5 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/siglufjordur0608_001.jpg" title="Boat in tiny shipyard"><img alt="Boat in tiny shipyard" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/siglufjordur050608/.siglufjordur0608_001_l.jpg" title="Boat in tiny shipyard, Siglufjörður #024, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Cet endroit valait bien une des poses de mon argentique — ceci n'est que mon backup — mais à ce stade c'était déjà trop tard pour ma pellicule (voir les posts précédents pour constater sa lente absorption par le Néant Bleu) / <span lang="en">This place called for analog photography — this is only the numeric backup — but at this point my roll was already done for (see previous posts to witness its slow degenerescence onto the Blue Nothing)</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<h2 id="anchor-586-3">Vatnsnes</h2>
<p>Le même jour, mais beaucoup de kilomètres plus tard, la péninsule de Vatnsnes se trouvant sur la côte centre-ouest du pays, soit l'exact opposé de l'endroit où nous nous trouvions au début de ce sixième post de ma série islandaise. À voir : des poneys, des poneys des mers, et des poneys volants.</p>
<p lang="en">Fast forward to many kilometers later, as Vatnsnes peninsula lays exactly at the complete opposite of the country from the place that opened this sixth icelandic post. See: ponies, sea ponies, flying ponies.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_001.jpg"><img alt="Horses of chestnut and bay coats basking in the sun, Vatnsnes peninsula #001, Iceland, 6 august 2017, fév. 2020" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_001_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Le quota équin d'un post sur l'Islande qui se respecte_v2 / <span lang="en">Mandatory equine quota of any given Iceland blog post_v2</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_002.jpg" title="Hvítserkur rock at low tide seen from the cliff above"><img alt="Hvítserkur rock at low tide seen from the cliff above" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_002_l.jpg" title="Hvítserkur rock at low tide seen from the cliff above, Vatnsnes peninsula #002, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Hvítserkur</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_003.jpg" title="Seal colony in Ósar"><img alt="Seal colony in Ósar" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_003_l.jpg" title="Seal colony in Ósar, Vatnsnes peninsula #003, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Colonie de phoques à Ósar / <span lang="en">Seal colony in Ósar</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_004.jpg" title="A pinto foal and a bay one grazing"><img alt="A pinto foal and a bay one grazing" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_004_l.jpg" title="A pinto foal and a bay one grazing, Vatnsnes peninsula #004, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le quota équin d'un post sur l'Islande qui se respecte_v2-finale / <span lang="en">Mandatory equine quota of any given Iceland blog post_v2-finale</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_005.jpg" title="Pinto horses and foals grazing"><img alt="Pinto horses and foals grazing" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_005_l.jpg" title="Pinto horses and foals grazing, Vatnsnes peninsula #005, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le quota équin d'un post sur l'Islande qui se respecte_v2-finale-finale / <span lang="en">Mandatory equine quota of any given Iceland blog post_v2-finale-finale</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_007.jpg" title="Arctic tern in flight holding a fish above the meadow"><img alt="Arctic tern in flight holding a fish above the meadow" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_007_l.jpg" title="Arctic tern in flight holding a fish above the meadow, Vatnsnes peninsula #007, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_008.jpg" title="Arctic terns nesting in the bay with copious amounts of guano"><img alt="Arctic terns nesting in the bay with copious amounts of guano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_008_l.jpg" title="Arctic terns nesting in the bay with copious amounts of guano, Vatnsnes peninsula #008, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_010.jpg" title="Black guillemot holding a fresh flat and long fish in its beak"><img alt="Black guillemot holding a fresh flat and long fish in its beak" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_010_l.jpg" title="Black guillemot holding a fresh flat and long fish in its beak, Vatnsnes peninsula #010, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Guillemot</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/vatnsnes0608_011.jpg" title="Sea birds and seals"><img alt="Sea birds and seals" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/vatnsnes0608/.vatnsnes0608_011_l.jpg" title="Sea birds and seals, Vatnsnes peninsula #011, Iceland, 6 august 2017" /></a></figure>
<h2>Fin</h2>
<p>Je dois avouer que ces temps-ci, se mettre à ce billet a été encore plus difficile du fait que j'ai UN NOUVEL ORDI depuis février et suis tombée dans une spirale infernale de jeux vidéo (alors certes, je dis ça alors que j'écris ce post depuis l'ancien mac avec en arrière-plan le Samorost 2 de 2005 en Flash sur Safari, mais eh, on n'est pas à une contradiction près). Mais bon sang ! Ces personnages aux trajectoires de déplacement parfaites ! Ces écrans de chargement qui prennent des secondes au lieu de minutes ! Je rattrape en quelques semaines une <em>décennie</em> de bugs et de ralentissements extrêmes (cela fait plusieurs années que je suis en dessous des specs minimum pour les jeux récents, <em>et ça se paie</em>). La migration n'est pas totalement achevée notamment car j'ai moitié moins de place sur le disque, un problème auquel je compte bien remédier parce que c'est hors de question de revenir à l'époque minable où j'externalisais une partie de mes fichiers. Et je rachèterais un chargeur au type sur le Bon Coin qui les répare et les renforce bien comme il faut, parce que j'aurais voulu connaître ce hack de vie avant.</p>
<p>Je ne dis pas que je n'ai pas repris l'illustration, loin de là, mais ce que j'ai laissé en plan l'année dernière, entamé ou non, était tellement… embourbé. Regrets IV : avoir tenté de renouer avec le grand format alors que mon bureau est plus petit et plus encombré que jamais, mon dos ne me remercie pas.</p>
<p lang="en">To be honest, writing blog posts hasn't been very high on my priority list since february, because that's when I got myself A NEW LAPTOP which has apparently set free my ever strong gaming dispositions (I'm still writing this post from the old compie with Samorost 2, a browser flash game from 2005 playing in the background but oh well). No but think of it! Characters running smoothly! Loading screens that take seconds not minutes! It's a whole new world so cut me some slack, I have a decade of bug and lag to make up for (I've been playing under the minimal specs for years now with some games, and while it's doable, the price is high mind you). Migrating from one system to another is going to require some additional steps though — I have only half my former disk space and since I'm not going back to external drives ever, and found I couldn't just swap them between my two laptops I believe some shopping is in order. Also I think I'm going to get another, sturdier charger from a guy I found who repairs and reinforce them properly, a life hack I wish I'd known sooner.</p>
<p lang="en">Now I'm not saying I gave up on illustration, far from it, but what I left behind me last year was really messy so progress is extra slow. Regrets IV: attempting to get back to large pieces when my small home work desk is not up to the task, doesn't do much good for my back.</p>
<div class="footnotes">
<h4 class="footnotes-title">Notes</h4>
<p>[<a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-vi-everyone#rev-pnote-586-1" id="pnote-586-1">1</a>] Vu que je l'ai regretté près de 20 ans <a hlang="en" href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/17/blade-runner-is-back-its-on-gog-you-can-buy-it-it-works/" title="Rock Paper Shotgun introductory post to Blade Runner">et qu'apparemment je ne suis pas la seule dans ce cas</a>, je dirais quand même que oui / <span lang="en">Since I've missed it for nearly 20 years, <a hlang="en" href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/17/blade-runner-is-back-its-on-gog-you-can-buy-it-it-works/" title="Rock Paper Shotgun introductory post to Blade Runner">and apparently it's not just me</a>, I'd say yes.</span></p>
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<h5>nowplaying: Dawn of Man / Blade Runner / Pillars of Eternity II Deadfire / Samorost 2 / Syberia / …</h5>Oskúrlafaktur Part V : The Revenanturn:md5:05ab19537a81d8ff32355711f1a7438a2019-11-24T16:24:00+01:002020-01-28T19:19:33+01:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1cascadeDettifossEskifjörðurexpired filmExpéditionsFjällsárlónicebergIslandeJökullsárlónLightroomMöðrudalurNikon D60NámafjallvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04waterfall<p>Et alors que nul ne l'attendait plus… un billet sur l'Islande ! / <span lang="en">And just when everybody had completely forgotten about it… a new installment of the Iceland serie!</span></p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_004.jpg" title="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake"><img alt="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_004_l.jpg" title="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake, Jökulsárlón #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Jökulsárlón</figcaption>
</figure> <p>Après un évènement si marquant tel que celui décrit dans <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-iv-the-lakagigar-situation">le dernier récit que j'ai consacré à l'Islande</a>, il y a presque un an maintenant, j'ai longtemps caressé l'idée de boucler ce voyage en un ultime billet, mais bien sûr, avec près d'une semaine restante de photos, la réalité m'a ratrappée, d'autant plus que pour une pressante question d'espace disponible sur mon bon vieux macbook, je n'ai pas eu d'autre choix que celui de m'occuper en priorité des photos des voyages suivants car prises avec un nouvel appareil photo générant des fichiers RAW carrément plus lourds que les anciens. Récap de la saison précédente : nous faisions du camping sur un rond-point dans une zone industrielle de Reykjavik après un accident de voiture se chiffrant à environ cinq ans de mes revenus (deux états de fait lamentables se cachent dans cette seule phrase : saurez-vous les retrouver ?).</p>
<p lang="en">After such a memorable moment as was described in <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-iv-the-lakagigar-situation">my latest blog post on the subject</a>, nearly a year ago, I entertained some hopes that I could get to a closure with the travel logs in one last round, however, with about a week more of adventures and tons of photographs, I've come to terms with the fact that it is preposterous at best. To further delay matters, I also figured out I'd better make the subsequent travels photos top priority as my new camera is creating RAW files twice to thrice as heavy as my former Nikon and the space on my hard-drive is becoming scarce. Last season recap: we were setting camp on a traffic roundabout in an industrial zone after a car incident worth about five years of my income (two sad points were being made in the last sentence, can you spot them?).</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_010.jpg" title="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud"><img alt="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud" title="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud, Námafjall #010, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Boue noire bouillonante au milieu d'un sol craquelé orange de souffre / <span lang="en">Crumbling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Ce billet couvrira les 3 premiers jours du mois d'août, lorsque nous avons péniblement repris notre tour de l'île (et allez, 400 km à refaire dans l'autre sens). Et comme vous pourrez le constater, trois jours c'est déjà bien suffisant en Islande pour goûter à la fois la glace et le feu…</p>
<p lang="en">This blog will cover the last 3 days in august, getting back on our island tour after a 400km x 2 (oh yeah) setback of having to deal with the car in the capital city. However as you will discover in the rest of this entry, in this country 3 days are more than enough to taste both ice and fire…</p>
<h2>Fjällsárlón</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_002.jpg" title="Glacier on a grey day"><img alt="Glacier on a grey day" title="Glacier on a grey day, Fjällsárlón #002, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_002_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_003.jpg" title="Heart-shaped glacier and lake"><img alt="Heart-shaped glacier and lake" title="Heart-shaped glacier and lake, Fjällsárlón #003, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>❤︎</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_004.jpg" title="Sheep eating moss"><img alt="Sheep eating moss" title="Sheep eating moss, Fjällsárlón #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_004_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<h2>Jökullsárlón</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_001.jpg" title="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea"><img alt="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea" title="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea, Jökulsárlón #001, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_001_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0017_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #017, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0017_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #017, 1 august 2017</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>(Sans doute l'une des dernières photos de cette pellicule que je peux décemment présenter avant de la laisser expirer, encore me direz-vous, dans un dernier soupir bleu.)</p>
<p lang="en">(Likely one of the last ever photograph from this roll before letting it subside into blue oblivion.)</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_005.jpg" title="Sunrays upon the icebergs"><img alt="Sunrays upon the icebergs" title="Sunrays upon the icebergs, Jökulsárlón #005, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_005_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_006.jpg" title="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs"><img alt="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs" title="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs, Jökulsárlón #006, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_006_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_008.jpg" title="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field"><img alt="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field" title="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field, Jökulsárlón #008, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_008_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_009.jpg"><img alt="Swarovski ice, Jökulsárlón #009, Iceland, 1st august 2017, juil. 2019" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Swarovski</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_010.jpg" title="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake"><img alt="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake" title="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake, Jökulsárlón #010, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_010_l.jpg" /></a>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0018_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #018, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0018_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #018, 1 august 2017</figcaption>
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<p>(…À moins que ?) / <span lang="en">(…Unless?)</span></p>
<p>Aujourd'hui, je vois bien que l'aspect irréel de ces clichés n'était pas qu'un effet secondaire de notre tourmente financière (ou de cette pellicule plus vieille que moi), et s'il ne fait aucun doute que la beauté glacée de ces icebergs n'allait certes pas nous sauver du <em>chill</em> ressenti depuis notre passage en caisse pour une caisse dans le passage, j'éprouve néanmoins un certain apaisement à enfin les partager, au bout de deux ans, dans le cadre que je leur réservais, et tant pis s'il s'agit en l'ocurrence des oubliettes de la blogosphère (l'ironie n'échappe pas à qui tint autrefois un blog parallèle intime au petit surnom de donjon), et si je laisse une fois de plus passer l'occasion de sauver mes comptes sur les réseaux sociaux du Néant qui les talonne. Le festoche de l'image c'est chez moi que ça se passe, <em>þitches</em>.</p>
<p lang="en">I now see very well how the unrealness of those moments captured in film wasn't only a result of our financial torment (to say nothing about this roll older than I), and while those freezing landscapes could do nothing to relieve us from the chilling aftermath of having been stripped bare by the car rental folks, my mind feels somehow alleviated from having at long least shared the (picture) load in the setting I always intended them for, in spite of the 2 years wait and in such a remote and desolate corner of the internets (the irony isn't lost to whom once used the affectionate nickname of dungeon for this blog's personal companion). I suspect my social media accounts are beyond saving anyway, so this is where *I* am happening now, <em>þitches</em>.</p>
<h2>The lonely road to Mývatn</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_003.jpg" title="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve"><img alt="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve" title="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve, East fjords #003, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_007.jpg" title="Meadows and pools"><img alt="Meadows and pools" title="Meadows and pools, East fjords #007, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_007_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_004.jpg" title="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve"><img alt="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve" title="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve, East fjords #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_008.jpg" title="Orange lighthouse"><img alt="Orange lighthouse" title="Orange lighthouse, East fjords #008, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_008_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_009.jpg" title="Portrait of a sheep"><img alt="Portrait of a sheep" title="Portrait of a sheep, East fjords #009, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_009_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_002.jpg" title="Moss soup"><img alt="Moss soup" title="Moss soup, Möðrudalur #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Soupe de mousse à Möðrudalur / <span lang="en">Moss soup in Möðrudalur</span></figcaption>
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<p>Cette soit-disant spécialité islandaise de soupe de lychen qui aurait pu tirer son épingle du jeu n'eût été la contribution de lait concentré trop sucré à la recette. Dommage, ou perfectible.</p>
<p lang="en">Not sure the sugary milk added to the recipe did much good to improve it, too sweet.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_003.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949" title="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949, Möðrudalur #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_005.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs"><img alt="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs" title="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs, Möðrudalur #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_002.jpg" title="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður"><img alt="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður" title="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður, Road to Mývatn #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Eskifjörður</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_004.jpg" title="Moss and angelica"><img alt="Moss and angelica" title="Moss and angelica, Road to Mývatn #004, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_004_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_005.jpg" title="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere"><img alt="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere" title="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere, Road to Mývatn #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Dettifoss</h2>
<p>Il y a tellement de cascades dans ce pays, et j'en ai déjà présenté tant dans mes précédents billets que j'ai volontairement omis l'angle classique qui la dévoile dans sa spectaculaire entièreté de ma sélection de photo.</p>
<p lang="en">There are so many waterfalls in this land, and I myself have already shared a good deal here already so I'm not interested in showing this one from the traditional point of view.</a>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_001.jpg" title="exture of a waterfall"><img alt="exture of a waterfall" title="Texture of a waterfall, Dettifoss #001, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_001_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_003.jpg" title="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy da"><img alt="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy da" title="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy day, Dettifoss #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_005.jpg" title="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream"><img alt="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream" title="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream, Dettifoss #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Námafjall</h2>
<p>En terme de terrain volcanique, depuis 2013, je compare tout à Yellowstone (il faut dire que j'aime ma calamité géologique mâtinée de bisons des plaines et de pins foudroyés). Bien que ce site semble un exemplaire de démonstration à côté du fameux super-volcan, j'ai été émue de retrouver quelques textures familières, ce côté <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/yellowstone-s-den-or-life-in-the-woods-part-iv-old-faithful">croûte de pain</a> comme je l'appelais alors. Le soleil s'y fit attendre, mais à sa venue, quelle transfiguration !</p>
<p lang="en">When it comes to volcanic fields, ever since 2013 I compare everything to my beloved Yellowstone (I enjoy my geological disaster assorted with a couple prairie bisons and lightning-struck pines). Although this place seems indeed like a mock-up in size to the famous super-volcano, it was with great pleasure that I saw there some familiar textures, <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/yellowstone-s-den-or-life-in-the-woods-part-iv-old-faithful">bread crumbs</a> as I would call them back then. The sun took some time to join the party, but what a difference it made!</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_002.jpg" title="Fuming tall crater on a desert background"><img alt="Fuming tall crater on a desert background" title="Fuming tall crater on a desert background, Námafjall #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_003.jpg" title="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway"><img alt="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway" title="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway, Námafjall #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_005.jpg" title="Crusty texture in a volcanic area"><img alt="Crusty texture in a volcanic area" title="Crusty texture in a volcanic area, Námafjall #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Crusty!</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_006.jpg" title="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area"><img alt="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area" title="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area, Námafjall #006, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_006_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_007.jpg" title="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity"><img alt="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity" title="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity, Námafjall #007, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_007_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_009.jpg" title="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in"><img alt="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in" title="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in, Námafjall #009, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_012.jpg" title="Flaked ground texture"><img alt="Flaked ground texture" title="Flaked ground texture, Námafjall #012, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_012_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_013.jpg" title="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight"><img alt="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight" title="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight, Námafjall #013, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_013_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_014.jpg" title="Smoke puffing out of rocks"><img alt="Smoke puffing out of rocks" title="Smoke puffing out of rocks, Námafjall #014, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_014_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_020.jpg" title="Sheeps crossing the road"><img alt="Sheeps crossing the road" title="Sheeps crossing the road, Námafjall #020, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_020_l.jpg" /></a>
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<p>Ce billet est incomplet sous certains aspects, mais je suis pressée car je pars mercredi soir pour quelques jours faire notamment des cuissons de porcelaines, et j'aurais bien le temps de le finaliser plus tard. C'est que j'ai un marché de Noël parisien à préparer, mais je vous donnerais toutes les infos quand j'aurais un peu plus de temps !</p>
<p lang="en">This blog post was originally published missing both a good chunk of formatting and the present english translation, but I had to hurry as I was leaving on the next Wednesday on the first stop of a long travel out of town, to fire porcelains before a Christmas market, the details of which can be found in the next post.</p>
<h5>nowreading : His Dark Materials pour la première fois dans sa langue d'origine, d'où sans doute cette envie de se replonger dans les glaces. Oh, et tant que j'y suis, tout comme le film ou la bd, la série BBC dérivée n'existe pas.</h5>Oskúrlafaktur Part IV : The Lakagígar Situationurn:md5:c25722d11f926c01b2aa0fefe5d5772d2018-12-14T04:12:00+01:002018-12-14T19:37:51+01:00messalynUnderbara Resaargentiqueblack sandCanon AV-1Dyrholaeyexpired filmExpéditionsIslandeLakagígarLightroommacareuxNikon D60puffinvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0014_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0014_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #014, 30 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #014, 30 july 2017</figcaption>
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<p>Il est très rare que je voyage sans tenir de journal de bord sur lequel je me repose ensuite pour tenir sur la durée une série de billets, et pourtant, c'est bien le cas de l'Islande, de sorte que faire ce post deux mois ou un an et demi après ne change pas grand chose à la teneur de mon récit. Mais il y a une journée, qui s'est étalée sur trois, qui fait exception, un petit carnet qui n'aura servi qu'à consigner cet unique épisode faute de temps pour continuer la suite, petite bulle temporelle qu'à l'instar de l'épisode post-Marvin du film <cite>Pulp Fiction</cite>, j'ai baptisé « The Lakagígar Situation ». Le tournant de juillet à août est depuis longtemps un pilier du calendrier, par ici. Ma foi, sur poupéegirl j'avais même une tenue pour ça. Cette année-là, le fameux 31 a commencé au milieu de la pampa islandaise, dans un bien-nommé refuge, par un coucher de soleil dont nous n'aurions jamais du être les témoins car à cette période de l'année il ne tombe qu'au milieu de la nuit.</p>
<p lang="en">Is it quite rare for me to travel abroad without keeping a diary I can rely upon later on when I'm writing a blog post serie. And yet, that did somehow happened with Iceland so it doesn't really matter whether I'm penning this two or sixteen months upon my return. However, there has been one very particular day, extending into the following two, which took me the remainder of our stay to relate in a tiny notebook leaving me no time for anything else really, a sort of a time bubble which I dubbed ‘The Lakagígar Situation’ after the <cite>Pulp Fiction</cite> movie post-Marvin sequence. The turning point between July and August has traditionally been an odd moment here, I even had a poupéegirl outfit for it, mind you. That year, the iconic 31th began in the icelandic bush, in a well-named refuge, under a setting sun we should never have witnessed as this time of the year it occurs in the middle of the night.</p> <h2>Dyrhólaey & Reynisfjar</h2>
<p>Mais revenons en arrière. Le 29 juillet, nous avions planté nos tentes dans le camping Þakgil dans la municipalité de Vík, au terme d'une haute lutte contre un petit chat bondissant et récidiviste avec ça. Le lendemain, au lieu de continuer directement vers l'Est, nous sommes revenus légèrement sur nos pas pour aller découvrir les falaises de Dyrhólaey connues pour ses nombreux oiseaux dont les emblématiques macareux, avant qu'elles ne soient envahies par d'autres sortes d'oiseaux.</p>
<p lang="en">But let's get back in time. At the end of july 29th we installed our tents in a campsite named Þakgil that can be found in the town of Vík, thus defeating a rather jumpy fool of a kitten, which tried and tried again to prevent the deed. Upon the next morning, instead of heading East, we went back on our tracks a little to do some bird-sighting, specifically puffins, at the site of Dyrhólaey before it gets crowded (by Non-Puffins).</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_001.jpg" title="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach"><img alt="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach" title="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach, Dyrhólaey #001, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_001_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Canards sur le rivage de la plage de sable noir Reynisfjar / <span lang="en">Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_002.jpg" title="Cliff and sea stacks"><img alt="Cliff and sea stacks" title="Cliff and sea stacks, Dyrhólaey #002, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Falaises et stacks / <span lang="en">Cliff and sea stacks</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_003.jpg" title="Puffin in heather"><img alt="Puffin in heather" title="Puffin in heather, Dyrhólaey #003, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Macareux moine dans la bruyère / <span lang="en">Puffin in heather</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_004.jpg" title="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance"><img alt="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance" title="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance, Dyrhólaey #004, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Prairie, macareux et Mýrdalsjökull au loin / <span lang="en">Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_005.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings" title="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings, Dyrhólaey #005, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_005_l.jpg" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_006.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins" title="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins, Dyrhólaey #006, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_006_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Colonie de macareux / <span lang="en">Puffins colony</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_007.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a lava arch"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a lava arch" title="Black and white photograph of a lava arch, Dyrhólaey #007, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_007_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Arche de lave / <span lang="en">Lava arch</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0012_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff, Dyrhólaey, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #012, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0012_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_009.jpg" title="The 1910 lighthouse"><img alt="The 1910 lighthouse" title="The 1910 lighthouse, Dyrhólaey #009, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Dyrhólaey, Islande avec Canon AV-1 et film périmé Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO #012, 30 juillet 2017. Deuxième image : Le phare daté de 1910. / <span lang="en">First picture: Dyrhólaey, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #012, 30 july 2017. Second picture: The 1910 lighthouses</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_010.jpg" title="Two puffins on a cliff"><img alt="Two puffins on a cliff" title="Two puffins on a cliff, Dyrhólaey #010, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Deux macareux sur une falaise / <span lang="en">Two puffins on a cliff</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_011.jpg" title="A puffin landing in a group of its peers"><img alt="A puffin landing in a group of its peers" title="A puffin landing in a group of its peers, Dyrhólaey #011, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_011_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>A macareux atterrissant parmi un groupe de ses congénères / <span lang="en">A puffin landing in a group of its peers</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_012.jpg" title="Birds flying above the ocean"><img alt="Birds flying above the ocean" title="Birds flying above the ocean, Dyrhólaey #012, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Oiseaux survolant l'océan / <span lang="en">Birds flying above the ocean</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_013.jpg" title="Typical icelandic landscape"><img alt="Typical icelandic landscape" title="Typical icelandic landscape, Dyrhólaey #013, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_013_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Paysage typique de l'Islande (qu'on retrouve aussi beaucoup dans la série <cite>Game of Thrones</cite>) / <span lang="en">Typical icelandic landscape (similar viewpoints are often depicted in the show <cite>Game of Thrones</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_014.jpg" title="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak"><img alt="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak" title="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak, Dyrhólaey #014, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un macareux atterrissant avec un petit poisson dans le bec / <span lang="en">Puffin landing with a fish in its beak</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Lakagígar</h2>
<p>L'après-midi fut consacré à Lakagígar, région au caractère suffisamment exceptionnel pour que nous inscrivions ce « petit » crochet à notre parcours ordinairement cantonné à la route circulaire qui fait le tour de l'île, d'autant que cela avait l'air faisable lorsque nous consultions notre guide — nous avions déjà roulé sans problème sur des routes un peu nazes pour approcher l'Hekla.</p>
<p lang="en">The afternoon was dedicated to exploring Lakagígar, an area usually described as ‘exceptional’ which got our attention and seemed feasible enough as far as my guidebook was concerned so as to induce us to make a detour from the otherwise quite predictable circular road. We knew the road wouldn't be ideal but we had a taste of it when approaching the Hekla volcano and it promised to be just as manageable.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_001.jpg" title="Moss desert"><img alt="Moss desert" title="Moss desert, Lakagígar #001, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_001_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Désert moussu / <span lang="en">Mossy desert</span></figcaption>
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<figure>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_002.jpg" title="Red stream in the meadow"><img alt="Red stream in the meadow" title="Red stream in the meadow, Lakagígar #002, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_004.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall" title="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall, Lakagígar #004, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Ruisseau rouge traversant une prairie. Deuxième image : Détail en noir et blanc de la cascade Fagrifoss / <span lang="en">First picture: Red stream in the meadow. Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_005.jpg" title="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall"><img alt="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall" title="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall, Lakagígar #005, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Cascade de Fagrifoss / <span lang="en">Fagrifoss waterfall</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0013_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall, Fagrifoss, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #013, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0013_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall, Fagrifoss, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #013, 30 july 2017</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_008.jpg" title="Moss desert amongst mountains"><img alt="Moss desert amongst mountains" title="Moss desert amongst mountains, Lakagígar #008, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_008_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Désert de mousses et fleurettes entre les montagnes / <span lang="en">Moss and flower desert amongst mountains</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_009.jpg" title="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches"><img alt="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches" title="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches, Lakagígar #009, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Grosse montagne au milieu d'un désert de cendre parsemé de zones moussues / <span lang="en">Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_010.jpg" title="Ashes and flowers"><img alt="Ashes and flowers" title="Ashes and flowers, Lakagígar #010, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Cendre et fleurs / <span lang="en">Ashes and flowers</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_011.jpg" title="Pseudokarsts in the lava"><img alt="Pseudokarsts in the lava" title="Pseudokarsts in the lava, Lakagígar #011, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_011_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Pseudokarsts dans la lave / <span lang="en">Pseudokarsts in the lava</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_012.jpg" title="Small lake"><img alt="Small lake" title="Small lake, Lakagígar #012, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Petit lac / <span lang="en">Small lake</span></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_013.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the ash desert"><img alt="Black and white photograph of the ash desert" title="Black and white photograph of the ash desert, Lakagígar #013, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_013_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Photographie noir et blanc du désert de lave / <span lang="en">Black and white photograph of the ash desert</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_014.jpg" title="Moss-covered hilltops"><img alt="Moss-covered hilltops" title="Moss-covered hilltops, Lakagígar #014, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Collines moussues / <span lang="en">Moss-covered hilltops</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_017.jpg" title="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky"><img alt="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky" title="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky, Lakagígar #017, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_017_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Lac s'étant formé dans un ancien cratère, entouré de roches aux couleurs extraordinaires, sous un ciel menaçant / <span lang="en">Former crater turned lake, surrounded by rocks of many colours, under a menacing sky</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_019.jpg" title="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore"><img alt="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore" title="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore, Lakagígar #019, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_019_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Zone au bord du lac, entre sable rouge et mousses / <span lang="en">Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_020.jpg" title="Red and black ash repartition on a hill"><img alt="Red and black ash repartition on a hill" title="Red and black ash repartition on a hill, Lakagígar #020, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_020_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Sur un sommet s'entremêlent des cendres rouges et noires / <span lang="en">Red and black ash repartition on a hill</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_022.jpg" title="Mushrooms in the moss"><img alt="Mushrooms in the moss" title="Mushrooms in the moss, Lakagígar #022, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_022_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Même ici, on trouve des champignons ! / <span lang="en">Unexpected mushrooms growing in the moss</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_023.jpg" title="Large mossy rock in the ash desert"><img alt="Large mossy rock in the ash desert" title="Large mossy rock in the ash desert, Lakagígar #023, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_023_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un grand rocher à la frontière entre cendres et mousses / <span lang="en">A large rock standing at the border between ashes and mosses</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_024.jpg" title="Moss and ash hills intertwinned"><img alt="Moss and ash hills intertwinned" title="Moss and ash hills intertwinned, Lakagígar #024, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_024_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Dunes de mousse et dunes de cendres s'alternant / <span lang="en">Moss and ash hills intertwinned</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_025.jpg" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape"><img alt="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape, Lakagígar #025, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_025_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo légèrement tintée de magenta du paysage volcanique / <span lang="en">Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Voilà, voilà. L'Islande à son sommet. Quelle expérience hors de ce monde. Quelle séquence tout droit tirée d'un rêve *une bande originale d'un film bien dérangeant de Lynch commence à jouer dans le fond*. Euh… attends, attends, attends. Bien. Avant de continuer dans mon récit, j'aimerais prendre un moment pour revoir une dernière fois les macareux de cette matinée. Les rigolos, mignons petits macareux. Joie simple.</p>
<p lang="en">And there you have it. Peak Iceland. What an otherwordly experience. What a dream sequence *the soundtrack of a very disturbing Lynch movie quietly starts playing in the background*. No, no, wait. Now, before we move forward, let's take another minute to appreciate one last time the puffins we saw earlier on the morning. Funny little guys they are, the puffins. Simple joy.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_015.jpg" title="Puffin with a fish in its beak"><img alt="Puffin with a fish in its beak" title="Puffin with a fish in its beak, Dyrhólaey #015, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_015_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Il attendait qu'on parte parce qu'il ne voulait pas qu'on sache où il habitait / <span lang="en">He was waiting for us to leave because he didn't want us to know his whereabouts</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/thecrossing.jpg" title="The crossing"><img alt="The crossing" title="The crossing" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.thecrossing_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/autorentalcar3107-0108_035.jpg" title="Camping on a roundabout"><img alt="Camping on a roundabout" title="Camping on a roundabout, Autorentalcar #035, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_035_l.jpg" /></a>
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<p>Alors… que s'est-t'il passé entre ces deux images ? Une incroyable vidéo de 10 minutes enregistrée par accident, une rivière glacée et une voiture immobilisée en plein milieu (nous avions pourtant franchi plein de gués ce jour-là), des touristes qui filment, des français qui se mouillent littéralement la chemise pour nous aider et d'autres qui ont joué de leur jeep et de leurs sangles pour nous sortir de là.</p>
<p lang="en">So… what happened between these two pictures? An incredible 10-minutes-long video unintentionally recorded, an icy river and a car stuck right in the middle (please note that this was by no means our first crossing of the day), unhelpful tourists capturing the scene on their fucking phones, helpful fellow french such as that one who was unafraid to wet the shirt — literally — trying to push the car with us, or that group that managed to dislodge it from the river thanks to their massive jeep and the strong webbings they were carrying around.</p>
<p>Des bagages évacués, une voiture qui ne redémarre pas, ce qui s'expliquera plus tard par la foireuse combinaison d'un système électronique installé dans le plancher (les SUV, tout est dit) et d'un <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_021_l.jpg" title="Autorentalcar #021, 1 august 2017">trou béant</a> dans le chassis que nous avons immédiatement pu relier à un sale bruit de caillou entendu sur la route lors d'une accélération inattendue et pas franchement de bon aloi causée par le comportement du mode sport de cette bagnole.</p>
<p lang="en">Luggages removed, a car that won't start over as would be explained later by the terrible combination of an electronic system located in the floor (that's textbook unhelpful SUV for you) and a <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_021_l.jpg" title="Autorentalcar #021, 1 august 2017">massive hole</a> in the undercarriage which we instantly correlated with a very disturbing sound heard while driving as the sport mode of the car suddenly produced an ill-timed acceleration on a very rocky road.</p>
<p>Des rangers qui attendent avec nous, qui nous amènent à un refuge pour attendre le dépanneur, une équipe de scientifiques qui débarque dans le refuge, un dépanneur très gentil, aux cils trop longs et auquel la malbouffe fera sans doute du tort plus tard qui arrive à minuit passé, une galère pas possible pour <em>retrouver</em> la voiture dans ce qui s'apparente à un labyrinthe niveau expert, un chemin <em>hostile</em> qui vient même à bout de sa remorque, la voiture à nouveau abandonnée au milieu de nulle part, un camping investi à 4h30 du matin.</p>
<p lang="en">Rangers waiting with us, driving us to a refuge 15 min from there, a scientific group arriving in the refuge, a sweet repairman with long eyelashes and a probably misplaced trust in junk food arriving past midnight, the path to the car wiped off our memories now the sun has set and what with the place bring an expert-level maze, a hostile road that's a little bit too much for the repairman equipment who will end up abandoning the car behind in the middle of nowhere, a campsite entered at 4:30am.</p>
<p>L'attente de la voiture, un retour forcé à Reykvavik pour un coût qui fait froid dans le dos avec le frère du premier dépanneur qui a encore moins dormi que son frère — une heure —, une arrivée le soir dans une agence aux pratiques douteuses qui exigent avant minuit une compensation financière provisionnelle correspondant au maximum potentiellement applicable à ce modèle de voiture (ce soit-disant système islandais est une arnaque), qui hélas ne correspondait pas à celui que nous avions réservé beaucoup plus modeste <cite>(« Another one drives the Duster »)</cite>, des économies envolées à grand peine après le bloquage des cartes bancaires engendré par le dépannage seul, des cartes bancaires essayées les une après les autres avec des montants toujours plus petits, le dernier versement à 11h59, l'impossibilité de relouer une bagnole après s'être fait dépouiller faute de pouvoir payer une caution, et voici comment l'on finit à faire du camping sauvage sur un rond-point.</p>
<p lang="en">The wait for the retrieval of the car, a forced return to Reykvavik at a most prohibitive cost with the former repairman's brother who had an even shorter sleep than his brother — one hour —, a late night arrival in a shady car agency insisting that a provision corresponding to the maximum amount for eventual damages be paid before midnight (that so-called icelandic way is likely a scam, fiy), a car model that ends up being far more expensive than the one we rented, an unrequited ‘upgrade‘ of tragic consequences, savings gone, credit cards tried one after another with increasingly smaller amounts to no avail as the cost of the towing alone had probably triggered an alert with the bank, a last paiement successfully proceeded at 11:59pm, no way to rent another car because we cannot provide a caution after having been completely ripped off, and that's how you end up camping on the next available roundabout.</p>
<p>Épilogue : des mois plus tard, une fraction infime de la provision que nous avions fournie remboursée par la compagnie qui a donc gardé l'essentiel de la somme pour refaire la voiture à neuf au passage, avec facture détaillée sur laquelle apparaissent des pièces pourtant complètement épargnées par l'accident, comme tous les sièges par exemple. <strong>Comme c'est pratique.</strong></p>
<p lang="en">Epilogue: months later, receiving a refund for a fraction of the provision we had supplied, with a detailed bill that show clearly how they replaced everything they could on this car, notably unharmed pieces like the seats. <strong>How convenient.</strong></p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/iceland-sunset-river.jpg" title="Iceland sunset on a river"><img alt="Iceland sunset on a river" title="Iceland sunset on a river" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.iceland-sunset-river_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Même rivière, heure différente / <span lang="en">Same river, different time of the day</span></figcaption>
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<p>Nous avons vraiment, <em>vraiment</em> dû nous poser la question de poursuivre ou non ce séjour après avoir lâché une somme aussi indécente. Considéré l'aspect exceptionnel de ces congés qui pour certains d'entre nous sont rarissimes. Relativisé sur des finances dont il est si raisonnablement disposé au quotidien que sans doute pouvons nous admettre qu'une partie de ces économies puisse être sacrifiée en cas de catastrophe. Pensé à l'argent supplémentaire qui serait perdu en lâchant des réservations, en reprenant des billets d'avion. Et nous avons donc pris le parti de continuer. Ayant… évacué ce post… compliqué, je compte bien revenir un de ces quatre avec de quoi vous en remettre plein les mirettes ! Mais pour finir sur une note plus sympa, quelques liens compilés ces derniers mois que je ne savais pas comment placer car ils ne sont pas nombreux :</p>
<p lang="en">At that point we had to consider whether to keep the trip going on or not after such an indecent sum was thrown away by the window. Arguments in favour were the considerable lack of available holidays for some of our party meaning time is of even more value than the money here, and a rather thrifty lifestyle with some financial margins for emergency crisis. And ultimately, giving up on already paid reservations, having to purchase another plane tickets maybe? Wasn't worth it, so we did indeed stay until the end. Pffeeew. Not that this rather… emotional post is… evacuated, I vow to come back with more amazeball photos on the rest of our trip! Might be easier now. But to end on a less bitter note, I have compiled a few links lately but not enough for a full post so I'm just dropping them here:</p>
<h2>Les bons liens de Lucien</h2>
<p lang="en">The instagram account of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/edelweiss_dearest/" title="edelweiss_dearest Instagram account">@edelweiss_dearest</a>, for those of you that are quite appealed at the current trend of overindulging a makeup addiction (usually small purchases, but which pile up) and would rather not think about the massive amount of packaging involved. What she does with a makeup palette for children is so… pure (yes, I know that sounds silly) · <a href="http://www.frockflicks.com/snark-week-shitty-historical-movie-portraits/" title="SNARK WEEK: Shitty Historical Movie Portraits">SNARK WEEK: Shitty Historical Movie Portraits</a>: Hilarious article on a theme that speaks to me, having once wrote a piece on the fictional artists as seen in the telly for my graduation magazine assignement (I was supposed to design the magazine though, not write in it) · I'm so slow to write these pieces that <a href="https://nokturnalclash.livejournal.com/115326.html" title="Une escapade islandaise: une saga grandeur nature! ">Nokturnal had the time to visit and blog about Iceland too</a>, and I warn you, with an acute eye for landscape photography through years of documenting runs and cycling escapades in our very own french mountains · It's not a coincidence that at the time around my birthday when I had an extra supply of cash, Folio Society brought back <a href="https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/his-dark-materials.html" title="His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman published by Folio Society">my favourite book serie ever in a stunning edition</a> which had tragically disappeared long ago and left me in despair as I witnessed the reselling price go higher and higher on sites like Abebooks. Expensive as it was, it was a second chance I had to seize. Forgotten, the inner debates about the covers which I loved but weren't the oil paintings I practically worshipped so long ago. However, Peter Bailey who has illustrated these volumes has also collaborated to my knowledge on <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/tout-ce-qui-brille">at least one other title</a>, which further legitimatize the takeover. Long story short: now I'm happily broke again · Last month was marked by receiving packages from <a href="https://www.vonmonsta.com/" title="Von Monsta.com, Artist, Illustrator and Invoker of the Unseen">Naomi Von Monsta</a> but also after a long wait my pledge reward for the crowdfunded <a href="https://fr.ulule.com/bd-nimbostratus/" title="Nimbostratus">Nimbostratus</a> project. I love the feeling of buying art but admit only doing so once or two a year, usually around my birthday. Framing art, on the other hand, is exactly the type of expense I keep pushing for later… Damn!</p>Oskúrlafaktur Part III : Bleu Bleuurn:md5:55f196bf601217b560a7f5c7ca79c96d2018-10-09T19:42:00+02:002018-10-09T20:11:49+02:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1expired filmExpéditionsglaciericebergIslandeKeldurLightroomNikon D60SeljalandsfossSkógafossSólheimajökull<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0008_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of a traditional icelandic farmhouse with moss-covered rooftop, Keldur"><img alt="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of a traditional icelandic farmhouse with moss-covered rooftop, Keldur" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0008_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of a traditional icelandic farmhouse with moss-covered rooftop, Keldur, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #008, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Keldur, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #008, 29 july 2017</figcaption>
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<p>Depuis peu, ma région actuelle goûte des températures dignes d'une canicule islandaise. C'est l'automne, quoi. Ce post sera gourmand en photographies, et pourtant, il ne couvre qu'une journée de notre circuit. C'est ça l'Islande !</p>
<p lang="en">It's been a mere week that my current area of residency has been under temperatures worthy of an icelandic heatwave. I mean, autumn has come. This post is packed to the brim with photos, yet it only covers but a day of our trip. That's the spirit, Iceland!</p> <h2>Keldur</h2>
<p>Nous amorçons le tour de l'île par l'est. La première étape en ce 29 juillet nous amène au minuscule hameau de Keldur, afin de profiter du paysage de carte postale offert par ces maisons anciennes aux toits recouverts de tourbe. Bien que nous n'ayons pas souhaité nous attarder de trop sur le site, ayant pas mal d'autres visites prévues pour cette même journée, nous avons amplement profité de tout le charme extérieur de Keldur comme vous pourrez vous en faire une idée avec les quelques photos qui suivent. Les guides mentionnent souvent les origines viking de ce hameau, mais je dois dire qu'en personne nous étions plus près d'une ambiance agricole, voire allez à la limite <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/je-me-souviens">Village d'antan</a>, que du brouillard et de la corne de brume que nous promettent certaines séries télé.</p>
<p lang="en">Beginning of our round trip around Iceland by the east. First halt on this July 29th saw us entering the tiny village of Keldur to feast our eyes upon the wonderous display of (a handful of) ancient houses with moss-covered rooftops. Although we couldn't linger too long on the site due to many other visits for the day, the sight from the outside had much to offer as you will see in the following pictures. Books often allude to the viking roots of this place but truly, its charm is more of a feral nature, say maybe with a touch of <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/je-me-souviens">Village d'antan</a> at best rather than fog and foghorns as promised by some tv shows.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_002.jpg" title="Sheep on a hill"><img alt="Sheep on a hill" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_002_l.jpg" title="Sheep on a hill, Keldur #002, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Mouton sur une colline / <span lang="en">Sheep on a hill</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_005.jpg" title="Tiny cabin next to a river with a grass rooftop"><img alt="Tiny cabin next to a river with a grass rooftop" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_005_l.jpg" title="Tiny cabin next to a river with a grass rooftop, Keldur #005, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Cabanon moussu et très chou à côté d'une petite rivière / <span lang="en">Tiny cabin next to a river with a grass rooftop</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_008.jpg" title="Houses with grass roofs"><img alt="Houses with grass roofs" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_008_l.jpg" title="Houses with grass roofs, Keldur #008, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Maisons au toit herbeux (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_020.jpg" title="Typical icelandic houses">sous un autre angle</a>) / <span lang="en">Houses with grass roofs (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_020.jpg" title="Typical icelandic houses">another angle</a>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_011.jpg" title="Twin stone houses with grassy rooftops"><img alt="Twin stone houses with grassy rooftops" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_011_l.jpg" title="Twin stone houses with grassy rooftops, Keldur #011, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Toit en herbe pour double abri / <span lang="en">Twin stone houses with grassy rooftops</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_012.jpg" title="Likely bee hives in front of snowy mountains"><img alt="Likely bee hives in front of snowy mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_012_l.jpg" title="Likely bee hives in front of snowy mountains, Keldur #012, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Ruches sur fond de montagnes enneigées / <span lang="en">Bee hives in front of snowy mountains</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_014.jpg" title="Closeup of dandelions"><img alt="Closeup of dandelions" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_014_l.jpg" title="Closeup of dandelions, Keldur #014, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Pissenlits / <span lang="en">Dandelions</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/keldur2907_021.jpg" title="Icelandic church"><img alt="Icelandic church" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/keldur2907/.keldur2907_021_l.jpg" title="Icelandic church, Keldur #021, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>La petite église de Keldur / <span lang="en">Keldur's own little church</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Seljalandsfoss & Skógafoss</h2>
<p>La journée s'est poursuivie sous le signe de l'eau, avec pour ouvrir les hostilités au moins deux cascades où nous avons marqué un arrêt.</p>
<p lang="en">Next we visited two waterfalls.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_017.jpg" title="Yarrow in front of a waterfall on a sunny day"><img alt="Yarrow in front of a waterfall on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_017_l.jpg" title="Yarrow in front of a waterfall on a sunny day, Seljalandsfoss #017, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Belle ombelle et embruns cristallins auprès d'une des cascades mineures entourant Seljalandsfoss / <span lang="en">Yarrow and crystalline mist at some distance from the main waterfall at Seljalandsfoss</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_018.jpg" title="Waterfall on a sunny day"><img alt="Waterfall on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_018_l.jpg" title="Waterfall on a sunny day, Seljalandsfoss #018, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Seljalandsfoss…</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_019.jpg" title="Smaller waterfall"><img alt="Smaller waterfall" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_019_l.jpg" title="Smaller waterfall, Seljalandsfoss #019, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>…et l'une de ses petites sœurs / <span lang="en">…and one of her smaller siblings</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_020.jpg" title="White flowers"><img alt="White flowers" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_020_l.jpg" title="White flowers, Seljalandsfoss #020, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Tapis de fleurs blanches / <span lang="en">Wild white flowerbed</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_021.jpg" title="Cotton flowers"><img alt="Cotton flowers" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_021_l.jpg" title="Cotton flowers, Seljalandsfoss #021, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Fleurs de coton / <span lang="en">Cotton flowers</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/seljalandsfoss2907_022.jpg" title="Wood house and flower field"><img alt="Wood house and flower field" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/seljalandsfoss2907/.seljalandsfoss2907_022_l.jpg" title="Wood house and flower field, Seljalandsfoss #022, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Le long de la route, maison en bois et champs de coton / <span lang="en">Alongside the road, wood house and flower field</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/skogafoss2907_015.jpg" title="Black icelandic horse in a sunny grass field before snowy mountains"><img alt="Black icelandic horse in a sunny grass field before snowy mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/.skogafoss2907_015_l.jpg" title="Black icelandic horse in a sunny grass field before snowy mountains, Skógafoss #015, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Un amical cheval noir peu avant d'atteindre Skógafoss / <span lang="en">Friendly black horse right before Skógafoss</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/skogafoss2907_021.jpg" title="Rainbow at the pit of the waterfall"><img alt="Rainbow at the pit of the waterfall" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/.skogafoss2907_021_l.jpg" title="Rainbow at the pit of the waterfall, Skógafoss #021, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Arc-en-ciel au pied de Skógafoss / <span lang="en">Rainbow at the pit of Skógafoss</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0009_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the river coming out from the waterfall"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of the river coming out from the waterfall" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0009_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the river coming out from the waterfall, Skógafoss, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #009, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Magenta-tinted photograph of the river coming out from the waterfall, Skógafoss, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #009, 29 july 2017</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/skogafoss2907_026.jpg" title="Side shot of the waterfall with green grass and yellow flowers"><img alt="Side shot of the waterfall with green grass and yellow flowers" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/.skogafoss2907_026_l.jpg" title="Side shot of the waterfall with green grass and yellow flowers, Skógafoss #026, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/skogafoss2907_030.jpg" title="Misty view from the top of the waterfall"><img alt="Misty view from the top of the waterfall" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/skogafoss2907/.skogafoss2907_030_l.jpg" title="Misty view from the top of the waterfall, Skógafoss #030, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Une cascade, deux points de vue / <span lang="en">One waterfall, two viewpoints</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Sólheimajökull</h2>
<p>Pour revenir sur le thème de l'eau, notre dernier point de chute (prévu, mais je reviendrais là-dessus plus tard) ne pouvait pas mieux tomber. Car enfin j'allais pouvoir admirer les icebergs (ce mot ne vous dit probablement pas grand chose si vous lisez ce blog depuis un archiveur de sites web, mais c'était de notre temps de très grosses masses de glace qui flottaient dans les parties du globe moins tropicales).</p>
<p lang="en">Our latest stop (to our knowledge, but more on that later) was right on point with the day's water theme. For I was about to finally gaze upon icebergs (so this word might not mean anything to you if you're reading this from a web archival database, but in these times it used to designate large chunks of ice floating around in the least tropical parts of the globe).</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_001.jpg" title="Glacier shrinkage"><img alt="Glacier shrinkage" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_001_l.jpg" title="Glacier shrinkage, Sólheimajökull #001, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Miracle de leur spectacle, miracle de ne pas arriver trop tard, miracle que cela ait lieu à une période de ma vie où normalement je ne suis pas censée en avoir les moyens / <span lang="en">A triple miracle: witnessing them, before it's too late, at a time of my life when I wasn't supposed to be able to afford it</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_007.jpg" title="Folds and folds of dirty ice on the glacier"><img alt="Folds and folds of dirty ice on the glacier" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_007_l.jpg" title="Folds and folds of dirty ice on the glacier, Sólheimajökull #007, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Des plis et des plis de glace salie sur le glacier / <span lang="en">Folds and folds of dirty ice on the glacier</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_014.jpg" title="Black and white ice where the glacier enters the lake"><img alt="Black and white ice where the glacier enters the lake" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_014_l.jpg" title="Black and white ice where the glacier enters the lake, Sólheimajökull #014, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>La neige, la cendre et l'eau / <span lang="en">Snow, ash and water</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_022.jpg" title="A very blue iceberg with a topping of black ash in front of grass covered landscape"><img alt="A very blue iceberg with a topping of black ash in front of grass covered landscape" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_022_l.jpg" title="A very blue iceberg with a topping of black ash in front of grass covered landscape, Sólheimajökull #022, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Petite montagne noire flottante / <span lang="en">A little floating black mountain</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_032.jpg" title="Ice crystallized in the lake"><img alt="Ice crystallized in the lake" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_032_l.jpg" title="Ice crystallized in the lake, maybe remnant from iceberg melting, Sólheimajökull #032, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Cristaux de glace dérivant / <span lang="en">Ice crystals in the current</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_037.jpg" title="A black shape similar to a black cat seeming to sit on an iceberg"><img alt="A black shape similar to a black cat seeming to sit on an iceberg" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_037_l.jpg" title="A black shape similar to a black cat seeming to sit on an iceberg, Sólheimajökull #037, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Chat noir / <span lang="en">Black cat</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_041.jpg" title="Half-melted and blackened icebergs"><img alt="Half-melted and blackened icebergs" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_041_l.jpg" title="Half-melted and blackened icebergs, Sólheimajökull #041, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_042.jpg" title="Half-melted and blackened icebergs"><img alt="Half-melted and blackened icebergs" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_042_l.jpg" title="Half-melted and blackened icebergs, Sólheimajökull #042, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Icebergs à demi fondus & poudrés de noir / <span lang="en">Half-melted and blackened icebergs</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/solheimajokull2907_045.jpg" title="Massive rock nearby the glacier and lake"><img alt="Massive rock nearby the glacier and lake" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/solheimajokull2907/.solheimajokull2907_045_l.jpg" title="Massive rock nearby the glacier and lake, Sólheimajökull #045, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Un énorme rocher / <span lang="en">Massive rock</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Bonus (non, pas le cochon, l'autre)</h2>
<p>Alors que revenus au parking, nous nous apprêtions à quitter les lieux, nous avons remarqué une file indienne de personnes se dirigeant de l'autre côté, vers l'océan. L'idée nous a traversé que la côte nous dissimulait peut-être d'autres icebergs, ou qui sait, une colonie de phoques (mon appareil photo ne l'a pas capturé mais il y en avait bien un qui batifolait entre les icebergs). Et puis suivre les processions nous a déjà porté chance de par le passé : en 2011, en suivant un afflux de yukatas bien plus proéminent dans la population que de coutume, nous étions tombés sur les feux d'artifices d'Osaka. Malheureusement, le paysage plat ne donnait pas une traître idée de la distance à parcourir, ce qui au bout d'une heure à marcher sans but précis commençait à peser sur le moral.</p>
<p lang="en">As we were about to leave, we noticed a trail of people walking towards the ocean. Could as well be some extra icebergs in the sea, or perhaps a seal colony (it's not seen in my pictures but a seal was fooling around the icebergs). So we set out on the path, hoping for a streak of luck like in 2011 when in Osaka we followed a crowd dressed in more yukatas than usual, only to find a nice spot by the river where everybody had gathered to watch the summer fireworks. However the flat landscape was treacherous and an hour walking with no idea about the destination nor the remaining distance was starting to weigh upon our moral.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/carcasseavion2907_036.jpg"><img alt="Start of the hour-long trail to the plane by sunset, Crashed plane #036, Iceland, 29 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/.carcasseavion2907_036_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo prise au retour de ce chemin trompeur / <span lang="en">Picture of the deceptive trail taken upon our return</span></figcaption>
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<p>Quand soudain, sans prévenir : / <span lang="en">Suddenly:</span></p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/carcasseavion2907_002.jpg" title="Crashed plane with a lot of missing parts by the sea"><img alt="Crashed plane with a lot of missing parts by the sea" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/.carcasseavion2907_002_l.jpg" title="Crashed plane with a lot of missing parts by the sea, Crashed plane #002, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption><a href="https://guidetoiceland.is/fr/contactez-des-blogueurs-en-islande/tomas1/solheimasandur-le-crash-le-plus-celebre-d-islande" lang="fr" title="A Solheimasandur, le crash le plus célèbre d'Islande">Pour en savoir plus sur cet avion, cliquez ce lien</a> / <span lang="en"><a href="https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/jorunnsg/the-abandoned-dc-plane-on-solheimasandur" lang="en" title="The Abandoned DC Plane on Sólheimasandur">Click this link to find more about that crash</a></span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0011_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the inside of the 1973 crashed plane on the black beach"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of the inside of the 1973 crashed plane on the black beach" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0011_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the inside of the 1973 crashed plane on the black beach, Sólheimasandur near Vík, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #011, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Purple-tinted photograph of the inside of the 1973 crashed plane on the black beach, Sólheimasandur near Vík, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #011, 29 july 2017</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/carcasseavion2907_008.jpg" title="Side of the plane"><img alt="Side of the plane" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/.carcasseavion2907_008_l.jpg" title="Side of the plane, Crashed plane #008, Iceland, 29 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>L'avion d'un peu plus près / <span lang="en">Closer look at the plane</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/carcasseavion2907_030.jpg"><img alt="Rear of the plane in a desert of black ashes, Crashed plane #030, Iceland, 29 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/carcasseavion2907/.carcasseavion2907_030_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Journée qui se finit sur un appareil abandonné dans un univers hostile : nous n'avons pas su lire les signes / <span lang="en">Ending the day upon a sad abandoned engine in a hostile environment: a bad omen</span></figcaption>
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<h5>nowplaying : iamamiwhoami — blue blue</h5>Oskúrlafaktur Part II : Heklaurn:md5:558f3ec29d0ca3942d6806cb4c91b8d52018-04-12T02:14:00+02:002018-04-12T01:40:46+02:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1expired filmExpéditionsHeklaIslandeLightroomNikon D60volcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 05<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0004_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0004_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #004, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Ca va trop loin ces filtres Instagram / <span lang="en">Those Instagram filters have to stop, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #004, 28 july 2017</span></figcaption>
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<p>J'adore ce (court) passage dans mon film argentique lorsque les tonalités s'affirment et me livrent des paysages dignes des meilleurs sets de films fantastiques du début des années 80, avant de basculer dans le monochrome bleu Klein un peu trop prononcé à mon goût. Je reprends donc le fil de mes billets photos car tout de même il est totalement indécent de retenir en otage des photos de l'Islande lorsque l'on en a. Comme souvent, l'histoire s'arrête sur un volcan, l'un des plus connus du pays (ce qui n'avait pas l'air de déplacer les foules puisque nous avons dû croiser 2 ou 3 groupes à tout casser). Si nous avions « enchaîné » les sites (et sources d'eau chaude ;)) dans le Cercle d'Or au sein d'une même journée, pour Hekla nous prîmes notre temps, à l'instar des paysages qui s'étendaient inlassablement en déserts de sable noir. Hekla nous fit en outre la grâce de ne pas érupter sur notre passage, ce qui est toujours agréable de la part d'un volcan semi-prévisible qui a largement dépassé de plusieurs années la date estimée de son prochain chaos. Autre geste prévoyant et non des moindres, ces petites névés gardées bien au chaud jusqu'en juillet au cas où j'aurais voulu photographier en noir & blanc (tels les moutons islandais).</p> <figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0003_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0003_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film 003, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo violette du volcan vu en fond d'un désert de cendres et de lave / <span lang="en">Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film 003, 28 july 2017</span> (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_004.jpg" title="Lava desert with Hekla in the background, Hekla volcano #004, Iceland, 28 july 2017">version Nikon D60</a>)</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_015.jpg" title="Red ash desert"><img alt="Red ash desert" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_015_l.jpg" title="Red ash desert, Hekla volcano #015, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_020.jpg" title="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow"><img alt="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_020_l.jpg" title="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow, Hekla volcano #020, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Légendez cette photo / <span lang="en">Caption this picture</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_026.jpg" title="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream"><img alt="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_026_l.jpg" title="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream, Hekla volcano #026, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_002.jpg"><img alt="Yellow and purple flowers in a lava desert, Hekla volcano #002, Iceland, 28 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_002_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_032.jpg" title="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley"><img alt="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_032_l.jpg" title="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley, Hekla volcano #032, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0005_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0005_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #005, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo à la tonalité magenta du sol jonché de pierres de lave et des sommets enneigés environnant le volcan / <span lang="en">Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #005, 28 july 2017</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_036.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_036_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #036, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_052.jpg" title="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_052_l.jpg" title="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #052, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0007_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0007_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #007, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Rare cliché de l'Astre Pourpre / <span lang="en">Rare image of The Purple Moon, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #007, 28 july 2017 (and coincidentally my favourite from the whole film roll)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_059.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_059_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #059, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_060.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_060_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #060, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_064.jpg" title="Young man standing up in the lava"><img alt="Young man standing up in the lava" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_064_l.jpg" title="Young man standing up in the lava, Hekla volcano #064, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_066.jpg" title="Rocks and moss in a sunny light"><img alt="Rocks and moss in a sunny light" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_066_l.jpg" title="Rocks and moss in a sunny light, Hekla volcano #066, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0006_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0006_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #006, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo violette de neige dans un cratère / <span lang="en">Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #006, 28 july 2017</span> (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_074.jpg" title="Snow in the crater of the volcano, Hekla volcano #074, Iceland, 28 july 2017">version Nikon D60</a>)</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_075.jpg" title="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky"><img alt="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_075_l.jpg" title="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky, Hekla volcano #075, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_084.jpg" title="Massive solidified lava rock"><img alt="Massive solidified lava rock" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_084_l.jpg" title="Massive solidified lava rock, Hekla volcano #084, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_081.jpg" title="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains"><img alt="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_081_l.jpg" title="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains, Hekla volcano #081, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_085.jpg" title="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day"><img alt="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_085_l.jpg" title="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #085, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_086.jpg" title="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day"><img alt="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_086_l.jpg" title="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #086, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_098.jpg" title="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day"><img alt="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_098_l.jpg" title="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #098, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_099.jpg" title="Snowy summit of the volcano"><img alt="Snowy summit of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_099_l.jpg" title="Snowy summit of the volcano, Hekla volcano #099, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_141.jpg" title="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day"><img alt="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_141_l.jpg" title="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day, Hekla volcano #141, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_113.jpg" title="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano"><img alt="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_113_l.jpg" title="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #113, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_146.jpg" title="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background"><img alt="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_146_l.jpg" title="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background, Hekla volcano #146, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_145.jpg" title="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background"><img alt="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_145_l.jpg" title="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background, Hekla volcano #145, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<h2>À part ça…</h2>
<p>Je pars me ressourcer en Bretagne ! Morbihan plus exactement. Incroyable de penser que l'occasion ne s'est pas présentée depuis… 2010 ? 2008 ? Si l'on excepte un court week-end à Saint-Malo pour un festival BD. J'ai hâte de feuilleter à nouveau le vieux livre folklorique d'Anatole Le Braz, ainsi que de <strong>refaire mon stock de grains de café !</strong> (et de thé breton, si j'en trouve XD). J'emmène des choses à faire, cela va sans dire (mais je suis moins téméraire qu'à l'époque donc ni toile ni huile). À voir selon ce que je trouve le temps de faire, mais je prends toute occasion de travailler dans un cadre où des fenêtres multiples et un jardin constituent mon environnement proche. L'autre jour j'ai essayé le plus grand parc de la ville, je vous raconte pas la déception… Ce n'est pas pour rien que je saisis toutes les chances d'aller voir du pays, ne pouvant admettre cette absence de sauvagerie. Aucun rapport du coup, mais les parisiennes, j'espère vous croiser à la soirée Voriagh lors de mon escale dans la capitale !</p>
<p>PS : J'aurais tout à fait pu poster ma dernière illustration plutôt qu'un post photo mais je ne sais plus trop quoi faire de mes nouvelles productions. C'est vrai que j'aurais pu aussi me lancer dans mes commentaires en retard sur les blogs que j'aime au lieu d'écrire ici, ne me jugez pas.</p>Oskúrlafaktur Part I : Le Cercle d'Orurn:md5:6ea76527a6881933431a51e7090f408f2018-01-04T21:40:00+01:002018-01-04T22:23:32+01:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1expired filmExpéditionsGolden CircleIslandeLightroomNikon D60ReykjavíkVSCO FILM® 05<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0001_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of a young tree growing out of a rift"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of a young tree growing out of a rift" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0001_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of a young tree growing out of a rift, Þingvellir, Golden Circle, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #001, 27 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption lang="en">Young tree growing out of a rift, Þingvellir, Golden Circle, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film, 27 july 2017</figcaption>
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<p>Eh bien je crois que l'heure est venue de vous parler un peu de l'Islande. Et je crois que ça n'a pas besoin d'une longue intro. / <span lang="en">Well well well, isn't it just the time to dwelve into (some of) the Iceland memories and share? Does it even need a real intro?</span></p>
<p>Depuis le voyage au <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Perú">Pérou</a> je suis devenue aficionado des filtres qui reproduisent la sensation des pellicules photo, mais comme depuis l'année dernière je voyage également avec un bon vieil argentique, on va dire que je peux les mélanger, l'ensemble reste cohérent. Bon d'accord, peut-être pas cette fois avec ma pelloche des années 80. N'empêche que parmi les nombreuses photos inexploitables, il y a quand même eu des perles.</p>
<p lang="en">Since the trip to <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Perú">Peru</a> I became obsessed with photo filters that reproduce the feel of authentic analog films, but since I now travel with an analog camera in its own right, I guess I can just post them simultaneously, both series blending perfectly. Well, maybe not so well, considering the film I used that time was really, really old. But some of them turned out to be good stuff, despite the high rate of failed ones.</p> <h2>Reykjavík</h2>
<p>Je n'ai pas pris beaucoup de photos dans cette ville. Nous avons profité de l'architecture nordique avec les baraques en tôle, été visiter rapidement la cathédrale moderne au centre-ville (pas un coup de cœur) et été déjeuner au pied de celle-ci dans un restaurant bien connu des touristes, le Café Loki. J'avais eu beau dire que je ne toucherais pas à leur requin faisandé, une fois repéré au sein d'une assiette de spécialités, ça n'a pas fait le poids contre mon habitude de toujours prendre le plat le plus excentrique d'une carte. À ce jour je n'ai pu dire non qu'au cochon d'Inde (Miracle. Pour moi comme pour la bestiole, d'ailleurs)</p>
<p lang="en">I didn't take much pictures in town. We enjoyed the local architecture with many houses covered in corrugated metal, visited the cathedral which won't remain with me as an imperishable memory, and ordered assortments of icelandic specialties at the Café Loki everybody seem to be visiting when visiting Reykjavík. And lo-and-behold, despite proclaiming more than once that I would stay away from their infamous fermented shark, I'll be damned if the second I took notice of it in one of the plates I didn't order it. It's just so hard for me resisting whatever is the strangest thing on a menu. The only time I remember being able to say no is to guinea pig, a blessing for both parties I suppose.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/reykjavik2607/reykjavik2607_002.jpg" title="Crossing of Skólavörðustígur and Baldursgata"><img alt="Crossing of Skólavörðustígur and Baldursgata" title="Crossing of Skólavörðustígur and Baldursgata, Reykjavík #002, Iceland, 26 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/reykjavik2607/.reykjavik2607_002_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/reykjavik2607/reykjavik2607_003.jpg" title="House with grass tree in downtown Reykjavík"><img alt="House with grass tree in downtown Reykjavík" title="House with grass tree in downtown Reykjavík, Reykjavík #003, Iceland, 26 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/reykjavik2607/.reykjavik2607_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Le Cercle d'Or</h2>
<p>Le lendemain nous partions faire le circuit touristique le plus populaire du pays, le <strong>Cercle d'Or</strong>. En une journée, des cascades, des rochers bizarres, des lieux de tournage de <em>Game of Thrones</em>, et des geysers, sans compter des sources d'eau chaudes pour bien clôturer cette journée, ayant bien pris soin de réserver notre logement à deux pas d'un tel établissement. Nous comptions en effet en profiter aussi longtemps que possible durant la soirée, vu que de toutes façons à cette saison, il ne fait nuit que pendant un court laps de temps. <strong>Secret Lagoon</strong>. Bien plus tranquille que le fameux Blue Lagoon, moins bleu aussi, mais avec des petits geysers en bónus !</p>
<p lang="en">The next day we toured the <strong>Golden Circle</strong>, the most popular area of the country. One day is enough to make the most of it, and there are waterfalls, geological point of interest, <em>Game of Thrones</em> filming locations and geysers to be seen. Not to mention the hot springs we did at the end of day, having conveniently chosen lodgings the other side of the road so we could enjoy it until the closure, hoping for late as anyway there is hardly any night this time of the year. <strong>Secret Lagoon</strong>. Far more intimate than the iconic Blue Lagoon, far less blue also but with small geysers as a bónus!</p>
<h4>Þingvellir</h4>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_007.jpg" title="Meadow on a sunny day with the rift in the background"><img alt="Meadow on a sunny day with the rift in the background" title="Meadow on a sunny day with the rift in the background, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #007, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_007_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_011.jpg" title="The rift on a sunny day"><img alt="The rift on a sunny day" title="The rift on a sunny day, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #011, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_011_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_020.jpg" title="Geological formation and a handful of purple flowers growing on it"><img alt="Geological formation and a handful of purple flowers growing on it" title="Geological formation and a handful of purple flowers growing on it, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #020, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_020_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_019.jpg" title="Öxarárfoss waterfall on a sunny day"><img alt="Öxarárfoss waterfall on a sunny day" title="Öxarárfoss waterfall on a sunny day, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #019, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_019_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_021.jpg" title="The rift as seen in Game of Thrones as the Bloody Gate of the Vale"><img alt="The rift as seen in Game of Thrones as the Bloody Gate of the Vale" title="The rift as seen in Game of Thrones as the Bloody Gate of the Vale, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #021, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_021_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>D'abord la cascade Öxarárfoss puis le Val, vous savez bien lequel / <span lang="en">Öxarárfoss waterfall and the Vale, you know which one I mean</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_027.jpg" title="Bird"><img alt="Bird" title="Bird, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #027, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_027_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0002_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of geometric clouds hovering over the rift"><img alt="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of geometric clouds hovering over the rift" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of geometric clouds hovering over the rift, Þingvellir, Golden Circle, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #002, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0002_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Nuages très réguliers au dessus de la drôle de falaise / <span lang="en">Geometric clouds hovering over the rift, Þingvellir, Golden Circle, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film</span><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_033.jpg" title="Overview of the large rift with geometrical clouds">(normal view here)</a></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_038.jpg" title="In the white Voriagh ‘Louisa’ dress by the shores of a lake, likely Þingvallavatn"><img alt="In the white Voriagh ‘Louisa’ dress by the shores of a lake, likely Þingvallavatn" title="In the white Voriagh ‘Louisa’ dress by the shores of a lake, likely Þingvallavatn, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #038, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_038_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>J'avais prévenu que j'essaierais de porter cette robe d'été Voriagh sous le soleil froid du pays / <span lang="en">I had warned them at Voriagh that I would try to wear this summer dress in the cold icelandic sunshine</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_054.jpg" title="Duck swimming by on a lake, likely Þingvallavatn"><img alt="Duck swimming by on a lake, likely Þingvallavatn" title="Duck swimming by on a lake, likely Þingvallavatn, Þingvellir, Golden Circle #054, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_054_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_059.jpg" title="Mossy landscape typical of Iceland"><img alt="Mossy landscape typical of Iceland" title="Mossy landscape typical of Iceland, Golden Circle #059, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_059_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_073.jpg" title="Three sheeps"><img alt="Three sheeps" title="Three sheeps, Golden Circle #073, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_073_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h4>Geysir</h4>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_074.jpg" title="Fumes coming from the volcanic ground"><img alt="Fumes coming from the volcanic ground" title="Fumes coming from the volcanic ground, Geysir, Golden Circle #074, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_074_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Nous étions tout émus de retrouver ce type de paysage / <span lang="en">It was a bit emotional being in that sort of landscape again</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_084.jpg" title="Early stage of the Strokkur eruption with a turquoise bubble about to burst out"><img alt="Early stage of the Strokkur eruption with a turquoise bubble about to burst out" title="Early stage of the Strokkur eruption with a turquoise bubble about to burst out, Geysir, Golden Circle #084, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_084_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_086.jpg" title="Late stage of the Strokkur eruption"><img alt="Late stage of the Strokkur eruption" title="Late stage of the Strokkur eruption, Geysir, Golden Circle #086, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_086_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Strokkur</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_090.jpg" title="Turquoise natural geothermic pool"><img alt="Turquoise natural geothermic pool" title="Turquoise natural geothermic pool, Geysir, Golden Circle #090, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_090_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_097.jpg" title="Geothermic river"><img alt="Geothermic river" title="Geothermic river, Geysir, Golden Circle #097, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_097_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/cercledor2707_095.jpg" title="Sign to indicate interdiction of throwing coins above a turquoise geothermic natural pool"><img alt="Sign to indicate interdiction of throwing coins above a turquoise geothermic natural pool" title="Sign to indicate interdiction of throwing coins above a turquoise geothermic natural pool, Geysir, Golden Circle #095, Iceland, 27 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/cercledor2707/.cercledor2707_095_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Moi par contre je prends / <span lang="en">Feel free to throw them at me</span></figcaption>
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<p>Et voilà de quoi débuter doucement une nouvelle série de voyage, même si je n'en ai pas fini avec la précédente. En fait, ce qui m'a bloquée avec la Réunion c'est d'une part que je n'ai pas su décider pour mes photos argentiques si je voulais les mêler aux autres ou les poster à part et si oui dans quel ordre. En d'autre part, j'ai beaucoup de recherche botanique à effectuer avant chaque post, alors qu'il ne pousse en Islande que des variétés de mousse il semblerait ! Même que certaines se mangent.</p>
<p lang="en">So this is like the perfect start of a new serie of travel blog posts, not overcrowded as it is. Remember, I still have another ongoing but I could never make up my mind regarding mixing analog and the digital photos which has delayed everything, and furthermore most posts also require some botanical research so it's kind of very slow, but I'll get there. Iceland will be easier to write about.</p>
<h5>nowwatching : Mad Men</h5>