As we were traveling with a tent, we were able to spend the night at the edge of Vatnajökull National Park or Lakagígar at the Blágil ranger station. Here too, the ranger station was no longer staffed, but there was still access to the hut with a small washroom and toilet. I wanted so much to be at Laki in the morning light.
When we woke up, the landscape around us was shrouded in mist! We quickly packed up the tent after breakfast and were back on the slope to Laki. We arrived at the mountain well before 9 a.m. and the fog was still hanging around us. I was allowed to fly the drone there until 10 a.m. and we were still completely alone.*
What an atmosphere with Mount Laki in the middle of the fog!
The other view over the western row of craters was also mystical and completely different from the day before.
* Drone footage with permission from Vatnajökull National Park
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