After landing in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, I plan to cross the island from the South to the East, then head up North before finishing in the West. A large loop of approximately 4,000 km in 15 days.

I leave the Golden Circle to head towards the East coast, renowned for its fjords. After passing the town of Höfn, I make a stop to photograph the clouds clinging to the mountains. And a second one, a few kilometers further on, to immortalize these Icelandic horses roaming almost entirely free.

My first spot of the morning is Dettifoss, a somewhat isolated waterfall in the desert east of Lake Mývatn within the Jökulsá á Fjöllum canyon. It is renowned for being the most powerful waterfall in Iceland and in Europe. Standing 44 meters high and 100 meters wide, it features a flow rate of about 500 cubic meters per...