The Vestrahorn did not earn the honor of being one of the most photographed mountains of Iceland by accident. Found on the western end of a black pebble peninsula, it’s surrounded by a second mountain range known as Brunnhorn and the well known Vatnajokull.

Grassy dunes line the road leading up to the mountains and the ground beneath to give the startling contrast of fine sand against the solid rock walls of the mountain range. The waters rushing up the peninsula are the perfect prop for a photograph, mirroring the multiple craggy peaks and the mist shrouding the waters. Strong gales often whip up the waves and sea spray which dances in dizzying spirals across the sea’s still surface. In the frigid cold of winter, a haze of colors from the Northern Lights can also be seen to light up its barren face flecked with the white of snow patches in a dozen unimaginable colors.

All these features are bound to shift and change according to Mother Nature’s whim and fancy so you can never predict how your photographs will turn out till you reach. No matter what the weather, the mountains of Vestrahorn prove to be the perfect models, a dazzling wonder every which way you look.