20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
Over Iceland

Flying is best done with friends, especially over the "planet" Iceland. Two small Cessna planes are seen here (10 and 12 o'clock) over colourful glacial ponds (kettles) showing scale of this amazing landscape at the eastern edge of Mýrdalsjökull glacial icecap. Glacial streams from the glacier flow into small lakes, change their colour whilst loosing some of the silt they carry, thus turning blue further down the flow. All nicely balanced out by bright green lichen. Aerial shot from small airplane.

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Date Taken: 09.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Iceland
Copyright: © Andro Loria