| Iceland from space I had to fly to Iceland on an overnight
        flight from Boston in order to catch a flight to Greenland. Iceland
        is a very scenic place but the weather doesn't always cooperate.
        In fact, that part of the North Atlantic is famous for it's bad
        weather. This was a return trip for me because
        in August, 1976 I circled the entire country by rental car on
        the formerly unpaved "ring road". Four very large glaciers are visible
        in this summertime view from space. There are also several jet
        trails visible on the left side of the image and one fresh trail
        appears to be traveling from the international airport at Keflavik
        in the direction of Greenland. Even the jet's shadow is visible
        which is remarkable considering that this picture was taken from
        an orbiting spacecraft. |