Friday, April 29, 2011

Icelandic Weather: All Seasons in One Day

The weather in Iceland is quite crazy. You can experience all 4 seasons in one day. Sun, rain, snow, fog, winds... you name it. You can experience 2 seasons withing FIVE MINUTES. Look at these photos. I actually bothered to give you the exact time each photo was taken to illustrate the frequency and abruptness of the changes.

9:38 am (photo from the bus window on our way to the glacier):


12:38 pm: rain on the glacier:


3:28 pm: heavy snow:


3:31 pm - THREE MINUTES LATER (seriously) - sunny again:


4:20 pm: it's snowing again:


4:24 pm - FOUR MINUTES LATER - nice and sunny again


5:46 pm - more rain on the way back (no snow):


The Icelanders have a saying: "don't like the weather? Wait 5 minutes"
As I just proved it - it is true.

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