Panorama Photo

The Northwestern Fjords are bordered to the east by the large bay Húnaflói. Further east, the peninsulas of first Skagaströnd, and then Trollaskagi, protrude north.

On this day, we walked around the Krossnes area. Most importantly, we saw a family of Polar foxes, with 4 cubs! New species for me. As hinted earlier, I kept an eye on the far view, and made severel series, but it wasn't until late in the afternoon that the maximum extend of the view showed. The view went unhindered to the Trollskagi peninsula, which was great to witness. Later, I tried again closer to Djúpavík, but Trollaskagi had disappeared.

As one can see, both peninsulas has the "skag-" element in their names, which is the same as Skagen in Denmark. The word means "to protrude", and is also found in the nordic bird name for Magpie (Pica pica), Skade/Skata/Skate, da/sw/no respectively. It is of course referring to the long tail, often pointing upwards.

Pano made from 18 pics (RAW), 70-200mm@200mm, iso-100, f/9, 1/500 sec, developed in DPP (daylight, neutral, moderate sharpness), stitched in PTGui pro, scaling and sharpening in Irfanview.