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Hey Cooler I'm just cooling off ;-)]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:08:14 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/1e191aa2107656a9e0d3ba4355e1b786/
My wonderful grandaughter Thelma Sif with her favorite colour.]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:31:28 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/039df403f496565b5b3f327cc2076fec/
Sunset view from Reykjavik.
The town Akranes in the background.]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:33:28 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) The town Akranes in the background.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/36576e36d73e9e4f9f197baa888f060d/
Sunset view from Reykjavik.
The town Akranes in the background.]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:33:28 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) The town Akranes in the background.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/63ef09e44878d37231c5055deee9ebea/
The statue Geirfugl in Reykjavík.
Bessastaðir, the residence of the President of Iceland in the background.

Geirfugl or The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the genus Alca) is a bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
It was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, a group which included several flightless giant auks from the Atlantic, to survive until modern times.
It was also known as garefowl (from the Old Norse geirfugl, meaning "spear-bird", a reference to the shape of its beak), or penguin.
The last population lived on Geirfuglasker ("Great Auk Rock") off Iceland.
This island was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs which made it inaccessible to humans,
but in 1830 the rock submerged, and the birds moved to the nearby island Eldey which was accessible from a single side.
The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there on 3 July 1844.

Today, around 75 eggs of the Great Auk remain in museum collections, along with 24 complete skeletons and 81 mounted skins.

Info from Wikipedia.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:29:02 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) Bessastaðir, the residence of the President of Iceland in the background.

Geirfugl or The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the genus Alca) is a bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
It was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, a group which included several flightless giant auks from the Atlantic, to survive until modern times.
It was also known as garefowl (from the Old Norse geirfugl, meaning "spear-bird", a reference to the shape of its beak), or penguin.
The last population lived on Geirfuglasker ("Great Auk Rock") off Iceland.
This island was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs which made it inaccessible to humans,
but in 1830 the rock submerged, and the birds moved to the nearby island Eldey which was accessible from a single side.
The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there on 3 July 1844.

Today, around 75 eggs of the Great Auk remain in museum collections, along with 24 complete skeletons and 81 mounted skins.

Info from Wikipedia.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/8048769a3ae75d22697846f3c3a3905f/
The statue Geirfugl in Reykjavík.
Bessastaðir, the residence of the President of Iceland in the background.

Geirfugl or The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the genus Alca) is a bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
It was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, a group which included several flightless giant auks from the Atlantic, to survive until modern times.
It was also known as garefowl (from the Old Norse geirfugl, meaning "spear-bird", a reference to the shape of its beak), or penguin.
The last population lived on Geirfuglasker ("Great Auk Rock") off Iceland.
This island was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs which made it inaccessible to humans,
but in 1830 the rock submerged, and the birds moved to the nearby island Eldey which was accessible from a single side.
The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there on 3 July 1844.

Today, around 75 eggs of the Great Auk remain in museum collections, along with 24 complete skeletons and 81 mounted skins.

Info from Wikipedia.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:29:02 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler) Bessastaðir, the residence of the President of Iceland in the background.

Geirfugl or The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the genus Alca) is a bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
It was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, a group which included several flightless giant auks from the Atlantic, to survive until modern times.
It was also known as garefowl (from the Old Norse geirfugl, meaning "spear-bird", a reference to the shape of its beak), or penguin.
The last population lived on Geirfuglasker ("Great Auk Rock") off Iceland.
This island was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs which made it inaccessible to humans,
but in 1830 the rock submerged, and the birds moved to the nearby island Eldey which was accessible from a single side.
The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there on 3 July 1844.

Today, around 75 eggs of the Great Auk remain in museum collections, along with 24 complete skeletons and 81 mounted skins.

Info from Wikipedia.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/a8262393e6e026eb95cc948c1464dc39/
Short hiking trip just outside Reykjavik.

Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:52 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler)
Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/234f932b702530c693a1bf94cf4e42e4/
Short hiking trip just outside Reykjavik.

Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:52 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler)
Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/7372dd45e9ac49a91d4b76b5ca36ffe8/
Short hiking trip just outside Reykjavik.

Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:52 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler)
Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Cooler http://www.fotothing.com/Cooler/photo/4148d60c7429d463b961e4071dd64079/
Short hiking trip just outside Reykjavik.

Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:52 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (Cooler)
Búrfellsgjá canyon is a 3.5 km long lava pathway running westward from the small volcano Búrfell.
The canyon was the channel through which red hot magma flowed when Búrfell erupted and the lava reached up to the edges of the canyon.
When the eruption ceased the lava channel was left empty.
The lava is estimated to be some 7000 years old.]]> Cooler