Reynisdrangar

The three basalt sea stacks off the coast of the village of Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland, are known as Reynisdrangar. Icelandic folklore is replete with tales of aquatic monsters, elves and trolls. Here, the tale goes that two trolls were trying to drag a three-masted ship to shore but got caught when the sun came up and so turned into stone. This photograph, from August 2016, shows Iceland’s summer at its most changeable; one wonders how long the Trolls will survive the North Atlantic winds.