Hallgrimskirkja church towers over capital city with Faxafloi Bay behind; Reykjavik, Iceland.

Line of cars at stoplight on Bankastraeti heads downhill toward Austurstraeti walking mall in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland

Little girl shares her ice cream cone with teenage girl on a summer day in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland.

Visitors walk on lookout deck of Pearl restaurant perched atop geothermal hot water tanks that heat nation's capital; Reykjavik, Iceland.

Pearl restaurant offers revolving view of city, mountains and sea from spectacular glass-&-steel dome atop hill in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Man-made geyser erupts near Pearl, a revolving domed restaurant perched atop geothermal water tanks; Reykjavik, Iceland

Life imitates art as two women walk past steel statues outside The Pearl, a restaurant & conference center; Reykjavik, Iceland.

Abstract aluminum sculpture of Viking ship overlooks Faxafloi Bay during August sunset near midnight; Reykjavik, Iceland.

Silhouetted woman bathes in the healing geothermal mineral waters of the Blue Lagoon; Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland.

Family smeared with volcanic mud plays in the healing geothermal mineral waters of the Blue Lagoon; Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland.

Reenactors cook and mend in the kitchen of one of many relocated historic buildings at Arbaer Open Air Museum; Reykjavik, Iceland

Woman in national costume stands outside one of many relocated historic buildings at Arbaer Open Air Museum; Reykjavik, Iceland

Museum director, Thordur Tomasson, plays organ at Skogar Folk Museum; Skogar, Iceland.

Visitors crowd atop broad rock ledge overlooking Gullfoss waterfall on the Hvita River in southwest Iceland.

Young couple nuzzles while overlooking misty spray from Gullfoss waterfall on the Hvita River in southwest Iceland.

Backpackers hike toward Seljalandsfoss waterfall as it cascades over mossy cliff near town of Hvolsvollur in southern Iceland.

A rainbow arches over the geyser Strokkur as two women watch it erupt 20 meters high; Geysir hot springs basin, southwest Iceland.

Girl snuggles her family's black horse at their Teigarhorn farm; Djupivogur, eastern Iceland.

Close-up, side view of Icelandic horses running across field in south of country near town of Hvolsvollur, Iceland.

Silver-haired Icelander stands among Icelandic horses in corral; Hvolsvollur, Iceland.

Two Icelandic mares groom one another in a pasture on a sunny summer day at the Oddholl horse farm; Hella, Iceland.

Axel Omarsson & Sylvia Sigurbjornsdottir ride championship stallions in a tolt, fifth gait of Icelandic horses; Oddholl farm, Hella, Iceland.

Champion Icelandic stallion, Oddur, paws the air as young woman pulls back on his reins in field at Oddholl horse farm; Hella, Iceland

Five sea kayakers paddle along shore in Breidafjordur bay off Snaefellsnes peninsula's north coast; Stykkisholmur, Iceland.

Little girl stands on beach of black volcanic sands on the Snaefellsnes peninsula east of Olafsvik, Iceland.

View from bridge of silty Skeidara River, Skeidararsandur floodplain with Skaftafellsjokull glacier in distance; southeast Iceland.

Glaciers and mountains of Skaftafell National Park reflect in Skeidara River backwaters amid black volcanic sands of southeast Iceland.

Svinafellsjokull glacier tumbles down off Vatnajokull glacier near Skaftafell National Park in southeast Iceland.

Glaciers and mountains of Skaftafell National Park loom behind camper truck driving Route 1, the Ring Road, in southeast Iceland.

Two Zodiac landing crafts lead amphibious tour boat thru ice-free waters in the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon in southeast Iceland.

Man pilots Zodiac craft in iceberg-filled Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon beneath Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeast Iceland.

Three tourists photograph icebergs of Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon and Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeast Iceland.

Little girl in Icelandic woollen sweater plays ball with dog at Teigarhorn farm in the East Fjords at Berjufjordur; Djupivogur, Iceland.

Cotton grass is a tundra species (Eriophorum angustifolium) which flowers late summer in marshy fields like this near Egilsstadir, Iceland.

Woman poses by road sign on untrafficked, upaved stretch of Route 1 (Ring Road) in Skriddalur valley on way to Egilsstadir, Iceland.

Couple chats as they stand by 4-WD vehicles amid the vast volcanic terrain of the Sprengisandur road; central Highlands, Iceland.

Mom and girl bathe in the Landmannalaugar hot springs at the Fjallabak Nature Reserve north of Myrdalsjokull glacier, Iceland.

Couple sits and admires colorful rhyolite hills of geothermal area near Landmannalaugar in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland

Mountain bikers ford river that cuts through the mossy landscape of the remote Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland.

Distant sheep trio walks along ridge amid black volcanic hills covered with moss in the Skafta River watershed of Iceland.

Snowmobilers race up the snowy slopes of Snaefellsjokull glacier with Snaefellsnes peninsula's north coast far below; Iceland.

Man photographs wife atop Snaefellsjokull glacier with West Fjords mountains far in distance; Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland.

Fishing boats crowd a West Fjords harbor on an August eve as the mountains of Isafjardardjup loom behind; Bolungarvik, Iceland.

Mountain plunges diagonally to sea framing deep orange sky of sunset in Eyjafjordur fjord near Akureyri, Iceland.