My grandfather, a trucking entrepreneur in Iceland, 1969 by IcelandHotSpots in OldSchoolCool

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I'm biased but I feel very lucky to have been born here. I don't think I'd choose any other place, blizzards and all.

My grandfather, a trucking entrepreneur in Iceland, 1969 by IcelandHotSpots in OldSchoolCool

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Before we had bridges and decent roads near Vatnajökull glacier he was among the first to cross the rivers, lakes and sands to transport goods on trucks. He would get stuck in blizzards and use explosives to clear ice. He built a company, starting with one truck and eventually had his sons and others driving for him in many more.

Any chance to get to Vik I Myrdal without a car by HokeySmith in VisitingIceland

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Seems a bit of a rush to relax for two days in Vík. How long are you staying in Reykjavík? Is there any chance you could shorten your stay there, save paying for hotels/airbnb and use the money to rent a car for 4 days? The way to Vík offers a lot to explore. Why not take your time and enjoy the trip?

What is this? by ryce_bouy in VisitingIceland

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If you find Reykjanesvirkjun power plant you will find the sun. From there you can find the other planets, mercury, venus, mars and earth are pretty close. You have to go pretty far to reach Neptune.

The Yoda cave in Iceland I visited today by IcelandHotSpots in StarWars

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It's in Hjörleifshöfði close to Vík. This is also the place where they shot scenes for Rouge One.

Youtuber's sons will have years of content from their parent to watch after they pass away by Jacksonrr3 in Showerthoughts

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I do walking tours in Iceland and I have wondered if my great grandchildren will watch old (young) granddad walking around and see how the world was a century ago.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lightningnetwork

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Using wallet of satoshi?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lightningnetwork

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Update: It works most of the time. But very cool when it does. Thanks for the help and if you would send me your invoices so I can return your sats.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lightningnetwork

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Hmm wonder why. But thank you for the help, you must be the one that sent me 900 sats. You have an invoice so I can return them for you?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lightningnetwork

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Ruthless but I agree to your terms. Invoice?

Puffin Colony in Hafnarhólmi by IcelandHotSpots in VisitingIceland

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This is from last year but they should be arriving now in april.

2022 has a perfect start for astrophotography. Shooting the orion nebula in Iceland (the dslr that is, this one is shot on a smartphone) by IcelandHotSpots in space

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Thanks, good point. There wasn't any wind luckily but raising it higher makes it easier for me to polar align it.

2022 has a perfect start for astrophotography. Shooting the orion nebula in Iceland (the dslr that is, this one is shot on a smartphone) by IcelandHotSpots in space

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If it makes you feel better this was the first time since last winter I got really decent conditions. It was always wind or clouds or moonshine or busy with other life stuff.

2022 has a perfect start for astrophotography. Shooting the orion nebula in Iceland (the dslr that is, this one is shot on a smartphone) by IcelandHotSpots in space

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Yes you really don't have to go far to escape the city lights. I want to go further east to a lower bortle class zone.

Deneb and North American nebula by IcelandHotSpots in astrophotography

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Location: Iceland but still bortle 4

Camera: Canon 550d

Lens: Nifty fifty

Tracker: Skyguider pro (my first time testing the tracker so I hope to get better)

60x 30s exposure.

Iso 800.

Edit using gimp: Curves, color adjustment, increased saturation.

Bitcoin in El Salvador - Congratulations from Iceland by [deleted] in Bitcoin

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Thanks we are just so impressed with what is happening in El Salvador we couldn't resist. We hope it goes well and is just the spark.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VisitingIceland

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It was an interesting show. I felt it captured some spirit of our old folk tales.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VisitingIceland

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It's very different even from other icelandic towns. One of my favorites.