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National Geographic Photo of the Day

October 17, 2012 at 09:30AM

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features


When Hverfjall erupted 2,500 years ago, no one saw it—no one lived in Iceland. On a March evening photographer Orsolya Haarberg watched alone as a north wind scoured Mývatn lake's thin ice, sweeping snow into a drift that looked like a path to the crater.


See more pictures from the May 2012 feature story "Iceland's Resilient Beauty."




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