p-ascoli: The Laugavegur trail, Iceland
p-ascoli: [Begin Landmannalaugar] Vibrant colors as a storm clears
p-ascoli: Ascending
p-ascoli: Find the hikers between the two closest snow patches for scale
p-ascoli: Lava field
p-ascoli: First introduction to 'extra' crazy geography and colors
p-ascoli: [End Landmannalaugar]
p-ascoli: [Begin Landmannalaugar to Hrafntinnusker] Climbing into the clouds
p-ascoli: [End Landmannalaugar to Hrafntinnusker] About two hours of hiking in whiteout. Barely enough visibility to find the next marker. Pictured here from closest to farthest: Fallen marker, hiker, marker, hiker ... then visibility is completely lost.
p-ascoli: [Begin Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn] Waking up at 6am after the storm cleared has its perks
p-ascoli: There was supposed to be little to no snow this time of year
p-ascoli: Descending out of the rhyolite mountains
p-ascoli: Visualizing the wind with snow (~10m hole diameter)
p-ascoli: Rapid geography change on descent from the cloud layer
p-ascoli: It was actually rather uncomfortable to see so much green that is not caused by grass, trees, bushes, etc.
p-ascoli: Leaders of an ultra marathon flying down the mountain. They'll finish the typically 4-day, 55 km thru-trek in about 7 hours.
p-ascoli: The snow is like a color by the number page
p-ascoli: [End Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn] Only moss can survive living on thin layer of soil on top of volcanic ash
p-ascoli: [Begin Álftavatn] Chasing rays of afternoon sun
p-ascoli: Finding the midnight light
p-ascoli: Lost the yellow glow, but stumbled upon a magnificant view
p-ascoli: [End Álftavatn] Álftavatn (Swan Lake) from above
p-ascoli: [Begin Álftavatn to Emstrur/Botnar] Gloomy skies over green landscapes
p-ascoli: 1 of 2 pants-less river crossings. This one was about mid-thigh deep on me at the worst
p-ascoli: Black [sand], white [snow], and green [moss]
p-ascoli: Mr. Adventurer
p-ascoli: [End Álftavatn to Emstrur/Botnar] A northwestern leg of Mýrdalsjökull