Travels
I am taking this week’s Sunday Stills Colour theme quite literally by sharing some shots of lava, and its resulting landscapes, from New Zealand and Iceland.
We’ve been lucky enough to travel to New Zealand a few times where we enjoyed seeing the amazing geothermal areas with plenty of colour and accompanying smells!
New Zealand
I wrote a post about the Orakei Korako geothermal fields in New Zealand’s North Island, they were a fabulous attraction a bit off the beaten track. The volcanic action over a long time has given this place the most amazing colours.
Iceland
Our trip to Iceland a few years ago was a favourite trip with their lava fields and glaciers. Black sandy beaches are the norm over there and my orange gloves show the starkness really well as well as fitting in with the colour theme!
The lava tunnels were full of colour and it was great to take a tour to learn more about how they were formed. We loved everything about Iceland!
I wrote a few posts from our trip to Iceland but this one sums it up best – 10 reasons why you shouldn’t visit Iceland and a million reasons why you should!
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
Black and orange go well together and Iceland shows these to full effect. I loved going back through my photos are looking for lava and volcanic action from our past trips. I hope you also enjoyed seeing some of these shots (again).
Terri, from Second Wind Leisure, hosts Sunday Stills photo challenge, with the prompt this week being a colour one – lava, black-brown, black and/or orange. You can read Terri’s post Colour Challenge: Lava and memories of a little brown dog. Feel free to join in, it’s a fun challenge open to everyone with a different prompt each week!
Have a great week!
Deb x
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I’m late on commenting on the lava challenge. We were out of town. Love your photos Deb! So stunning.
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Thanks Kirstin, no problem at all! I have to say it was great to see you meet up with Marsha and Terri recently!
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Mother Nature is pretty amazing, isn’t she, Deb? We’ve seen volcanos up close in Hawaii and from a distance in Costa Rica. So impressive. You got some really gorgeous shots. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Yes Christie, Mother Nature is awesome. Glad you enjoyed my shots 🙂
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Wow.. What a lot of the world you have seen “in real life” and I love your enthusiasm in sharing with us all too. Thank you for sharing your post in the Wednesday’s Words and Pics link up for this week and being part of the #WWandPics Community.
Hope to see you next week too.
Denyse.
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I’m so lucky to have been to these places Denyse! I’m well known for my ‘enthusiasm’ so your comment made me laugh 🙂 Thanks again for your weekly linkup.
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I’d really love to go to Iceland. It’s pretty high on the list atm. I love your pics. And anything volcano-y.
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I’m sure you’d enjoy Iceland Lydia, it’s a whole different world!
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Your photos are beautiful Deb, and perfect for the prompt. We are thinking of going to NZ next year as we’re not quite ready for long distance travel. Iceland is top of my bucket list.
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Thanks Jen, I’m sure you’d enjoy New Zealand. We’d love to go back there too.
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These are incredible travel photos!
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Thanks Joanne, it was great to share them again.
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Great photos Debbie. Orakei Korako is an interesting place to visit although next time iI will have a walking stick in hand
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Thanks,I know what you mean, it was quite a hike around! But an amazing place.
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Wow, you’ve been to some amazing places and had some fabulous experiences Debbie. Great photo’s! I think I’d be nervous around lava! We’re hoping to go to New Zealand next year so maybe we’ll see some when we are there!
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Thanks Min, I hope you get yo New Zealand next year, it’s got so much to offer visitors.
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There was a picture doing the rounds on social media on the weekend of someone collecting samples of lava, breaking the dark silvery surface and getting some of the liquid. There was all sorts of analyses from people about what he was doing but all I could think of was my (now 11 year old) godson and this game he used to play called, “The floor is lava,” so you’d have to cross rooms without touching the floor!
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Yes my granddaughter tells me the floor is lava or water or fire and we have to scramble to safety all the time! I missed that picture doing the rounds.
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Deb, these photos are beautiful. The geothermal fields look menacing but the colors are beautiful – like melted crayons blending together.
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Thanks Suzanne, yes melted crayons describes it perfectly!
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Incredible photos Deb!
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Many thanks, it’s good to share these travel shots 🙂
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Fabulous lava shots, Deb – I’m enthralled by it too – and I think red must be one of your favourite colours, it looks stunning on you. Toni x
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Many thanks Toni, the lava was so interesting – one minute its all black then there are layers of colours. I do love red and appreciate your kind comments on how much it suits me. I always feels brighter when I’m wearing red/orange tones so they must suit me!!
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Hi, Deb – Revisiting New Zealand (and Australia) are definitely on our Travel Bucketlist. That is a beautiful shot of you at Pingvellir National Park in Iceland. Brilliant!
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Many thanks Donna, I was feeling relaxed sitting on the edge! I just wish I could snap my fingers and return to these places, such great memories.
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New Zealand is seriously such an amazing place- it’s on my bucket list to visit someday! Thanks for sharing with us!
-Ashley
New post is up; hope you’ll swing by!
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Thanks Ashley, I would love to return to New Zealand, there’s so much to see and do there.
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Wow, Debbie, I hoped a few bloggers would share about real lava, something I haven’t seen in action yet. I knew you would enjoy this theme and I am so pleased you could add your love of orange with real lava for us to enjoy! So much going on under the earth’s crust and we get to see a glimpse into Mother Nature’s birthing process 🙂 Amazing gallery!
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Thanks Terri, the result of lava flows in Iceland and New Zealand were the first thing I thought of for this prompt. I also had to share a few of my contrasting orange shots!
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I knew you would love the orange part of the color challenge! I was pleased at the number of bloggers who shared posts about seeing lava in Iceland!
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Awesome tongue in check post about Iceland!
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Iceland is on the list. New Zealand is amazing for all sorts of reasons just not that thermal smell! Great photos. Bernie
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Thanks Bernie, glad you enjoyed my photos and my tongue in cheek post!
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You’ve captured some interesting contrasts here between the black lava and the brighter colours. I love Iceland and you’ve reminded me of why!
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Thanks Sarah, your Iceland shots were brilliant too. Those beaches with the ‘sneaker’ waves were amazing and so scary!
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It’s hard to beat Iceland for lava!
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Your lava photos are brilliant, Debbie and perfect for this week’s prompt.
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Thanks Cathy, it was good to go through my photos and share the memories.
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Lava is so scary – and so beautiful. Your first image in this post is spectacular.
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Thanks Susanne, it was great to share these photos again and I enjoyed the memories.
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Lava and glaciers in the same place just amazes me Deb. I’ve never seen anything volcanic close-up and I’m not sure I’m in a hurry too! The crack in the earth is pretty awesome too.
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It’s really amazing to see how the earth has responded to volcanic action over the years Leanne, especially in Iceland! I loved sitting at the edge of the crack in the earth wearing my orange jeans! Apparently it’s a very popular spot for Game of Throne fans but having not seen the show I didn’t get the significance of where I was sitting!
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