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  1. More eclipse photos. Here is what things looked like a minute or so before totality. Things were looking up. I was getting hopeful. My fellow Icelandic gravel-pit denizens (long story, don’t ask) started to get worked up too.

    #eclipse
    #iceland #astrophotography

  2. Dutch public broadcaster to boycott ‘no longer’ neutral Eurovision | Arts and Culture News

    AVROTROS says escalating international conflicts are undermining the event’s neutrality and fuelling divisions. Published On 24 Aug 202624…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #ArtsandCulture #AU #Australia #Bulgaria #conflict #Europe #iceland #Ireland #israel #Israel-Palestineconflict #middleeast #Netherlands #ShowTypes #Slovenia #Spain #TVShows
    newsbeep.com/au/866752/

  3. The future is brighter among friends 🇮🇸🫱🏼‍🫲🏽🇪🇺

    Iceland: Your EU seat is waiting. This Saturday - vote 'Yes', resume accession talks, step beyond the EEA and become an EU member! ✨

    #iceland #referendum #EU #eupol #volt

  4. Sunset Pink

    February, and we've just arrived in Iceland. Leaving Keflavík airport we're heading through Hveragerði on our way to our first hotel. Sunset is in about ten minutes in the south, to our right.

    Ahead of us the 551 metre (1,808 feet) high Ingólfsfjall tuya is catching the colour of the sunset.

    Consisting mainly of palagonite and basalt, it's linked to the story of Ingólfur Arnarson, Iceland's official first settler.

    #MountainsMonday #Iceland #Photography

  5. Got down to some eclipse photo processing today.

    This is an image of the chromosphere, where the sun’s inner atmosphere just peeks out from the moon.

    #eclipse #iceland
    #astrophotography

  6. RE: mas.to/@eunews/117145314597875

    This is a bit of a nonsensical comparison. #Iceland halted negotiations, #Britain left full membership. Icelandic people had legitimate concern about their fisheries, the Brits just decided to believe the pile of sh*te they were being told. And as #ReformUK is doing so well in the polls it looks like they are still very happy to believe the same pile sh*te still.
    Furthermore the #EU is not going to be so easily swayed with the #UK, just in case they do a U-Turn in 5 years thence.

  7. Nordic nations ‘have lost confidence in Infantino’, demand FIFA reforms | Football News

    Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands back calls for Infantino’s resignation amid FIFA crisis. Published…
    #NewsBeep #News #Football #AU #Australia #Denmark #Europe #Finland #football #iceland #Norway #Sport #sports #Sweden
    newsbeep.com/au/865579/

  8. Dear Icelanders

    I recommend you to vote against EU membership negotiations for the following reasons:

    1. The EU is not a democracy because the parliament does not have the usual rights a democratic parliament has: Proposals are made in the EU commission and the council of the EU member states and not in the parliament. The parliament can just say yes or no, with the latter usually resulting in "negotiations" so that proposals will still pass later. Since Iceland will only get a few seats in the parliament because of its size, the rest of the EU can overrule the few icelandic representatives. Have a look on how EU legislation works and decide for yourself if that would be democratic enough for you:

    europarl.europa.eu/about-parli

    2. EU journalists get sanctioned nowadays when they report the "wrong" matters. Lookup the case of german journalist Hüseyin Doğru: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCs

    Icelandic journalists can face the same consequences when reporting "wrongly".

    3. The EU is beginning to fall apart from the right-wing politics of member state governments: Some Schengen borders like the german ones are closed again and national rivalry is rising - often because of disagreements on how to "handle" refugees and because of member state decisions regarding militarisation. Iceland will be joining the party when others are thinking about leaving (like France might after the next election) and one already left (UK).

    4. Adopting the Euro would mean that Iceland cannot handle the next financial crisis or crash "locally". Instead, the ECB will decide what to do and Iceland will just be a very small voice in the choir.

    #Iceland #EU #EUMembership #Eurozone #Referendum #Democracy

  9. "I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by daylight."
    - #ShakespeareSunday, Much Ado about Nothing

    3pm in mid-February; misty, moist and freezing. The sun has already dipped to about 10° in the south, strong enough to draw long shadows.

    We're taking the scenic route around Hvalfjörður. On the other shore is Hallgrímskirkja í Saurbæ (Hallgrim's Church in Saurbaer)

    The island is Hvammshöfði, connected to the shore by a tidal causeway.

    #SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland #Photography