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2025-08-30
2025-08-26

Puffins of Grimsey island | Iceland | by Andrew JK Tan

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2023-03-04

A quick visit to Grimsey not only provided an opportunity to stand on the Arctic Circle but also photograph the puffins nesting on the cliffs, so here are a couple of puffins for today's #PhotoOfTheDay
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A couple of puffins in profile standing on top of a cliff.
2022-12-31

Today's #PhotoOfTheDay takes us to the lighthouse on Grímsey.
The small island of Grímsey is a short plane ride from Akureyri. Famous for being the only place in Iceland north of the Arctic Circle and Miðgarðarkirkja, the church that was made of driftwood, which sadly was destroyed by fire in 2021. The main attractions are now the puffins that nest along its cliffs and the brightly painted lighthouse at the far south-east end of the island.
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In the centre of the frame is a bright yellow rectangular building with a rectangular four paned window near its top. At the lower level of the building a small rectangular room juts out, also containing a rectangular window but it is not symmetric with the building. At the top of the building is an embattled parapet containing three arched openings. Through these openings and above the building is a brilliant orange circular lantern room with diagonal glazing bars. Above the ventilator on top of the lantern room is a triangular cloud formation giving the impression that smoke is rising from the lighthouse. The lighthouse is standing on grassed point with the horizon level with the foundations of the building so that on either side of the building we can see the sea. The sea is a dark blue and on the distant horizon is the Icelandic mainland. The sky ranges from a light blue near the horizon through to a dark blue at the top of the frame, there are clouds near the horizon.

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