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Eric Cheng

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In 1973, a United States Navy DC-3 did an emergency landing in the black sand near Solheimasandur (Sólheimasandur), Iceland. The internets say that the crew survived, and as of today (May 14, 2014), the fuselage is still there, attracting adventurous tourists who are willing drive off road a bit. I’ve seen a few plane wrecks underwater, ...

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in South Iceland. Aerial shot taken with DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter and Ricoh GR camera.

Aerial Fjadrargljufur Canyon (Fjaðrárgljúfur), near Kirkjubæjarklaustur in Iceland. DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter w/Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal and GoPro HERO 3+ Black camera. Conditions were very challenging. Wind was swirling around in the canyon, and there was light rain. The walls of the canyon are 100m high, and access to the canyon floor requires walking through the freezing-cold ...

Aerial image of Flaajokull Glacier (Fláajökull), Iceland. DJI Phantom 2 w/Ricoh GR camera. Man, I’m loving having a flying camera in Iceland!

I spent yesterday afternoon and early this morning watching icebergs flow out of Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon (Jökulsárlón) near Vatnajokull, Iceland. The glacier calves into a lagoon (you can hear the crack way out in the distance), and at each outgoing tide, icebergs flow out into the ocean and are pushed onto the black-sand beach by ...

Hverarondor Hverir at Namafjall (near Lake Myvatn in Iceland) is an incredible place to visit. The geothermal steam vents are extremely active, and all of your senses are overwhelmed when you get close to them. I shot aerial video of them in the early evening, yesterday, but really wanted to come back to get a ...

While my wife was out for a run this morning, I put my Phantom 2 w/Ricoh GR camera up into the air and snapped a few shots of the pseudo-craters in front of the hotel. The Lake Myvatn area in Iceland is know for these amazing formations, and I’m glad I had a few minutes to ...

One of my wife’s main purposes in coming to Iceland is to bathe in the rich, blue mineral baths. A couple of days ago, we spent a few hours at Myvatn Nature Baths (Jardbodin vid Myvatn), which was fun. The water is an unreal glowing blue! (shot with Phantom 2 and Ricoh GR camera).

This morning, we went to find Grjótagjá, a small lava cave in Iceland with a geothermal spring inside. I later learned that this cave was the location of Jon Snow and Ygritte’s hookup in Game of Thrones. The cave is accessible from two holes in the old lava tube and is fun to check out, but ...