And talking about volcanoes...

I've just finished my entry for the current World
Wide Panorama event "Forgotten Places". While it
hasn't gone live on the site, I've put up three
panos for anyone interested:
<http://simnet.is/klipklap/wwp/2010-06/>

Seltangar - Abandoned Fishing Station

The barren south coast of Reykjanes Peninsula is
characterised by vast stretches of lava
formations, mountains and steep cliffs. However
there are some spots that provide easier access
to the sea making them suitable for fishing.

Seltangar is one of them. It's an ancient fishing
station, used from the Middle Ages until 1884.
From here locals rowed out to sea in open boats
to fish. They also built extensive facilities
such as huts and sheds where they stored
stockfish.

They took advantage of what the location had to
offer: natural lava cavities were used as storage
space and the lava rocks proved to be ideal
building material for shelters, some of which
still stand to this very day.

On a side note, Seltangar was notorious for being
haunted by an especially malevolent ghost called
Tanga Tómas during the 19th Century.


Martin

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