Today was a visit to Lake Myvatn area. A strange place will volcanos in the distance. The immense bird life seemed to be on holiday elsewhere but we can clain on our trip so far to have seen as well as our delightful puffins some..... eider duck, red throated diver and the great northern diver. (Apparently I should have been very pleased to have seen that!)This area has so many diverse volcanic sites in a small area. The lake is the fourth largest in Iceland and probably the most fertile spot on the globe at a similar latitude. It was created after the ice age had ended some 10,000 years ago.However, it only really formed about 3.800 years ago when a lava flow blocked the valley to create a shallow lake. After a quick look around
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