Upon arriving at Mývatn, we first headed to the town of Reykjahlið on the east shore of the lake. Here there was a church which, in an eruption of the Krafla volcano which towers above the town, managed to avoid the lava which destroyed much of the town. The lava flowed around both sides of the church, and now covers the fields on both sides of the church.
© Mark Hughes & Audrey Bowerman, July-August 2003
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