Celebrating Icelandic nature!
A while-tailed eagle. Photo: Gyða Hennings
Today is Icelandic Nature Day! This special day has been held on 16 September every year since 2011 and is a chance for us all to celebrate the breathtaking beauty of Iceland’s flora, fauna and physical geography.
Celebrations and special events will be held across the country under the aegis of the Icelandic Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Iceland Monitor’s contribution is this collection of photographs above, showing just a drop in the ocean of the stunning wonders of nature Iceland has to offer. Enjoy!
Látrabjarg, West Fjords. Photo: Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson
Birdlife. Photo: Ómar Óskarsson
Mývatn. Photo: Birkir Fanndal
An Arctic fox surveying the scene. Photo: The Arctic Fox Centre
Bees and flowers... Photo: Ómar Óskarsson
Þjórsárós. Photo: Ragnar Axelsson
An Icelandic fox. Photo: Ómar Óskarsson
Nature and agriculture. Photo: Kristinn Ingvarsson
Whales - of course! Photo: Friðþjófur Helgason
Dalsfoss. Photo: Einar Falur Ingólfsson
The famous Icelandic horse. Photo: Árni Sæberg
Forests. Photo: Kristinn Ingvarsson
The iconic puffin. Photo: Eggert Jóhannesson
Blueberries growing at the foot of a glacier. Photo: Ómar Óskarsson
An Arctic tern. Photo: Einar Guðmann
The forces of nature - Eyjafjallajökull. Photo: Ragnar Axelsson
A reindeer. Photo: Styrmir Kári
