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201821 WORKS

Near-infrared photographs made in Iceland.

Kirkjufell, on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A thin waterfall dropping down jagged coastal cliffs veined with moss, with seabirds circling above, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Braided cascades stepping over a broad dark ledge into a fast channel, with a snow-covered massif behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A paved road curving in a long S through bare rounded hills, with a single car on it and a mast on the ridge behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The church at Glaumbær in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland, its corrugated-iron walls and tall spire standing alone on the valley floor below snow-streaked mountains, photographed in near-infrared light. The churchyard grass carries the strongest signal in the frame while the metal cladding and the gravel path sit flat beside it.
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A hillside of young conifer saplings planted through rough tussock grass, with fog on the slope behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A cracked boulder sitting in a carpet of low moss and grass, with a steep dark peak in cloud behind, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A timber church and painted houses reflected in the still lagoon at the head of an Icelandic fjord, photographed in near-infrared light.
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An outlet glacier ending in a small lagoon with floating ice, seen across a moraine plain, photographed in near-infrared light.
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The inner wall of a volcanic crater in loose scoria, patched with moss and snow, with people walking the rim above, photographed in near-infrared light.
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An old single-lane steel truss bridge crossing a river below a slope of dark scree, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Small conifers and low scrub rooted along a rocky slope below a broken cliff, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A dark cliff above a shallow river, with a band of low trees and scrub along its top edge, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A long mountain flank streaked with moss and snow above a flat plain, with a gravel road running in from the left, photographed in near-infrared light.
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An Icelandic horse standing in a winter field, its long forelock falling across its face, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Cushions of small plants growing from every crack in a blocky rock wall, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A person in a red jacket standing on a ledge above a mossed lava gorge, with a waterfall breaking into the rock at the top right, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A ridge of broken lava thickly grown over with moss, with more rock disappearing into fog beyond, photographed in near-infrared light.
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Small plants and grasses rooted in the crevices of a shadowed rock face, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A vegetation-covered sea stack and low skerries standing in breaking surf, with seabirds in flight around them, photographed in near-infrared light.
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A geothermal power station and its wellhead pipelines spread across a snow-patched basin, with steam rising from several points, photographed in near-infrared light.
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