Looks like a nice clear snowy day? Yes, quite right, and that is precicely what is so poweful and dangerous in the Icelandic weather.
Because this is what the sky looked like only moments after that. Esja was covered with a constantly moving white hat of clouds and the sky above was turning darker and darker.
And literally not more than three minutes later as I'd had time to walk down to the shore Esja had totally disappeared and the visibility was getting poorer and poorer. And the storm was gathering.
But I was wise enough to head right back home and not attempt to take pictures of the following blizzard. This is later in the evening when the snowfall had ceased and only the wind was making noise in our walls. You've seen the corner before, it's the view from our South windows (now you can even see Hallgrímskirkja (the church) in the background with it's christmas tree lights). If you look carefully you can see the wind as it's blowing snow just above the red car parked in the corner. And even though the wind bangs our windows and makes spirals of snow fly between the houses there is still continuous traffic in our cosy little home corner.
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