We spent our last night and the next morning shooting sunset and then sunrise over the Reynisdrangar sea stacks from different vantage points. The sunrise shots involved a scramble through a small cave and then over some boulders to a secluded beach. Our guide warned us that the area is known to have not just strong waves but also rock slides from the cliff behind us, so we were on guard on both sides.

According to Guide to Iceland‘s entry on Reynisdrangar, an Icelandic legend holds that the pillars were formed when a pair of trolls were dragging a stranded three-masted ship to shore when sunlight hit them and turned them into stone.

We also saw the “Yoda” cave and a few other sites in the Vik area.

Reynisdrangar sea stacks

Reynisdrangar sea stacks

Reynisdrangar sea stacks

Reynisdrangar sea stacks

There’s a Yoda cave in Iceland!

Do or do not, there is no try (at least that’s what we should have told our guide/model when we asked him to strike a disco pose)

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Reynisdrangar sea stacks from Reynisfjara beach

Skógafoss

Skógafoss

Seljalandsfoss

Seljalandsfoss

Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon. It was absolutely terrifying to be up on the view deck with strong winds blowing