{"id":337,"date":"2016-06-23T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/?p=337"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:38:19","slug":"vik-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Eldhraun, Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-70.jpg\" alt=\"Expansive field of purple lupine flowers in Eldhraun, Iceland, captured during a June 2016 vacation, with the vivid blossoms providing a burst of color against the dark volcanic landscape of Vik.\" class=\"wp-image-316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-70.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-70-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-70-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-38.jpg\" alt=\"Distant escarpment across a black volcanic plain with sunbeams mixing with rain under a dramatic sky, captured near Eldhraun, Iceland during our June 2016 trip.\" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-38.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-38-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-73.jpg\" alt=\"Wild moss formations on the Eldhraun lava field; the unique textures and green hues were more vibrant in person than captured in camera or film, under a moody sky during our June 2016 Iceland trip.\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-73.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-73-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-73-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-72.jpg\" alt=\"Moody sky over snow-dusted mountains at Eldhraun, Iceland, with swirling clouds and soft pastel colors above the dark volcanic plain.\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-72.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-72-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-72-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-74.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of moss-covered lava rocks in Eldhraun, Iceland, showing the lumpy texture of the ancient lava field under overcast skies.\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-74.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-74-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-74-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-40.jpg\" alt=\"Rugged lava field covered in moss, showing mounds and rock formations at Eldhraun, Iceland under a cloudy sky.\" class=\"wp-image-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-40.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-40-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-40-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-41.jpg\" alt=\"View of Eldhraun lava field in Iceland, with rugged moss-covered mounds and distant hills visible on the horizon.\" class=\"wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-41.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/James-Hull-41-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Eldhraun, Iceland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">2016<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs from our June 2016 visit to Photographs from our June 2016 visit to Eldhraun, Iceland, capturing a field of purple lupines, sunlight streaming through rain onto a distant escarpment, and the otherworldly moss\u2011covered lava fields with dramatic skies and mountain silhouettes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshull.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}