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Reynisfjara Rainbow

Reynisfjara Rainbow

At the eastern end of the famous black sand beach of Reynisfjara near Vik í Mýrdal there is a hidden beach just opposite the Reynisdrangar pinnacles. This bea...
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At the eastern end of the famous black sand beach of Reynisfjara near Vik í Mýrdal there is a hidden beach just opposite the Reynisdrangar pinnacles. This beach can only be reached safely in summer and when the water level drops. Only a narrow entrance, where you also have to climb over a few rocks, connects this "Secret Beach" with Reynisfjara - impossible and far too dangerous to reach the beach during the winter storms. In the early morning the tide was favorable and the weather was right too: to my great joy, the low sun conjured up a rainbow on the gray clouds
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 2/1 Focal Length 21/1

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Jul, 2020

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