Jenna Spearing

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Mountainous islands in the South Pacific have this way of growing trees in dynamic patterns that look like billowing clouds or streams gushing down hillsides.

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The incredible Nisga’a Lava Beds, in northern BC, Canada. Our own little pocket of Iceland, complete with misty mountains.

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Gnarly tree trunk on the beach on Rarotonga, the Cook Islands.

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Hut on a foggy afternoon on Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

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Revisiting some Russia photos today and stumbled across these favourites from Ulan-Ude.

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A little ice dragon at Jokulsarlon.

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Our first hike in Iceland. It's impossible to not fall in love with this country.

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The rare blue skies of Berufjordur

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Camping in Olafsfjordur

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Colours in Seydisfjordur

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One of my favourite places in the world. The columns, caves and foliation of Reynisfjara, Southeast Iceland. The sea stack hiding in the background among the crashing waves is said to have been one of two trolls who turned to stone while towing a schooner to shore.

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The wash of clouds. A rare glimpse through the fog in Iceland's Eastfjords.

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Been talking about Iceland all night, so can't resist posting a picture. Abandoned farm house in the middle of nowhere, Trolladalur peninsula.  Beautifully haunting Northern Iceland.

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Mountaintops along the Trolladalur peninsula, Northern Iceland.

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Little lava caves on Lake Myvatn

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Pseudocrater on Lake Myvatn, caused when lava flows into the water, heating subsurface water and sediment and causing a steam explosion.

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A happy tree in one of Iceland's many abandoned buildings, among the steaming hills near Hveragerdi.