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Iceland, the geologist's paradise.

I like the cloud patterns here - I assume they hide a mountain. [more]

Glaciers, snow, clouds, mountains of Iceland.

You can see the parallel ridges very clearly here. [more]

Again, the ridges can be seen clearly in the bottom of the picture.

More Iceland.

Fjords of western Iceland.

The ridges here are much older, and more eroded, but this is basically ocean crust that is quite recently formed, geologically speaking. [more]

I saw my first icebergs as we approached the coast of Greenland.

Here the icebergs are so many, it's hard to know what is sea and what is land.

Rockbergs in a sea of snow?

"Greenland" was a bit of an optimistic name, don't you think? The Vikings really wanted to attract people to settle there. [more]

Back over the ocean, I think. [more]

More ice sheet. [more]

That doesn't look like a stable place to stand.

I bet it's chilly down there.

Glaciers.

Icebergs are born, but they won't get far.

More icebergs, this time with a chance to get somewhere.

This could be where the one that sunk the Titanic started out.

Heading towards canada, here are some 'bergs floating around. [more]

Eastern edges of Canada.

Just northeast of Clear Lake. [more]

Silicon Valley.

The salt flats lining San Francisco Bay.

More salt flats, and the Dumbarton Bridge.