Photos: Iceland's majestic highlands
Langisjór. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
The Icelandic highlands are one of the most unpopulated areas of Europe. Covering some 400 - 500 square kilometres they offer black deserts, mountains, canyons and glaciers formed mostly in the second ice age.
Mountain roads through the highlands open when the snow has melted, in June or early July and stay open until September.
All photgraphs are by renowned Morgunblaðið photographer Ragnar Axelsson, Rax.
Mountains at Langisjór. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Hvítarvatn at Langjökull glacier forms almost a painting-like landscape. Ragnar Axelsson
Eyjabakkar. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Dimmugljúfur canyon. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Langisjór. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Jökulsá á Fljótsdal glacial river. The Jokulsa in Fljotsdalur river where the dam at Eyjabakkar will be built. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Reindeer in the East Highlands. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
Öræfi in East Iceland. Rax / Ragnar Axelsson
