Myvatn (1981 and 1996)
General views


Myvatn : the "lake of
the flees", its forest and old lava flows inside Myvatn's lake
Perhaps the only sunny place of Islande...
Myvatn's "false craters"

The "false craters" of Myvatn,
made by the transformation in steam of the lake's water heated by lava.
Dimmuborgir (near Myvatn)

Dimmuborgir, "the black castles", the remains of
an old lava lake.
Hervfjall (near Myvatn)


Inside Hverfjall (1 200 m of diameter, 160 m high,
140 m deep) : the volcano the most similar to the volcanoes of the Moon. In
the first stage, the small cone built during the terminal phase of the eruption,
2500 years ago. Back, the lake of de Myvatn.