![\"2867-0072-Kirkjufell-And-Wetlands-Sunrise\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2867-0072-Kirkjufell-And-Wetlands-Sunrise.jpg\")
Then I headed out beyond Kirkjufell, towards the Snaefellsnes peninsula. Here is the view of Snaefellsnes Jokull. This is the glacier above a dormant volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2868-0013-View-Towards-Snaefellsnes-Jokull\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2868-0013-View-Towards-Snaefellsnes-Jokull.jpg\")
As I approached a town, Rif, I noticed this waterfall that is fed from the snowmelt of the glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2868-0040-Svodufoss\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2868-0040-Svodufoss.jpg\")
After passing through Snaefellsnes National Park, I visited this abandoned farmhouse. This is a site that I have visited several times in the past — it becomes even more dilapidated and covered with more graffiti with each visit!<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2868-0124-Abandoned-Farmhouse-Snaefellsness\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2868-0124-Abandoned-Farmhouse-Snaefellsness.jpg\")
On the return trip to Grundarfjor\u00f0ur, I stopped at the beach near Latravik. The foreground shadow was slowly creeping along the berm as the sun dropped lower behind the mountains behind me.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2869-0011-Beach-Berm-And-Road-Latravik\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2869-0011-Beach-Berm-And-Road-Latravik.jpg\")
It was close to low tide when I walked down the beach. The beach is formed from black volcanic sands that are the result of volcanic activity in Iceland over the millennia. This beach had several pools that I could use to include some reflections of the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2869-0029-Pool-On-Beach-Latravik\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2869-0029-Pool-On-Beach-Latravik.jpg\")
In the following image, the edge of the pool had interesting patterns created by the ripples of the beach sand.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"2869-0069-Another-Beach-Pool-Latravik\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2869-0069-Another-Beach-Pool-Latravik.jpg\")
There is one feature close to this beach that I captured the day before — A Giant Padlock. This padlock is the main feature of the gate that leads to the berm that I captured.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"ip11-7117-Big-Padlock-West-Iceland\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ip11-7117-Big-Padlock-West-Iceland.jpg\")
However, there are several padlocks that adorn the gate, including one on the left side of the giant padlock!<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"ip11-7118-Big-Padlock-More-Padlocks\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ip11-7118-Big-Padlock-More-Padlocks.jpg\")
In the final image, I captured the road and the berm framed by the hasp of the giant padlock.<\/p>\n\n\n
![\"ip11-7120-Through-The-Hasp\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ip11-7120-Through-The-Hasp.jpg\")
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