Summer Solstice

On the night of the recent solstice we decided to drive about an hour out of Reykjavik along the coast to watch the midnight sunset. We brought blankets and hiked up a cliff to get a good view. We past an area which had some neat cliff formations and I was able to get a good shot.
Once we were at the top, this was the view looking at the beach below.
This was the skyline when we first settled in. Clearly we made it a little earlier than expected, which wouldn't have been a problem except that it was pretty cold. We tried to dress warm but we all underestimated how windy it would be, so we sat there for almost an hour huddled together in blankets waiting for the sunset to happen.
This was the inland view, and on the left is a lighthouse which had to be rebuilt because the old one used to be on the edge of the cliff when it collapsed into the sea. They decided to build it a couple hundred yards inland after that. The rest of the structures in the picture are a geothermal plant, and the white stuff coming out of the ground is actually steam (not smoke), as most people would assume.
Although I took lots of pictures as the sun was setting, I think this is my favorite.
All in all, not a bad way to kick off a Friday night!

More pictures of this beautiful place can be found here.