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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on February 04, 2019, 06:05:15 pm

Title: Alien Colony
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 04, 2019, 06:05:15 pm

Alien Colony (https://blog.parrikar.com/2019/02/04/alien-colony/) - in Grindavík, Iceland.

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 04, 2019, 10:01:22 pm

That's not the one where they grow tomatoes and bananas, is it?
We visited that one in 1974.

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: francois on February 05, 2019, 04:01:42 am

Alien, definitely! Well, growing bananas (and other fruits) in Iceland is interesting and certainly needs some alien-style equipment!

Well done.

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on February 05, 2019, 05:42:51 am

Spooky!

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 05, 2019, 07:44:39 am

Eric, Francois, Paul - thank you.

Eric - this greenhouse in Grindavík is used to grow barley. See this link. (https://www.hortidaily.com/article/6045471/iceland-growing-barley-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/)  I suspect you may have gone to the greenhouses in Flúðir. (https://fridheimar.is/en/horticulture)

I wanted to get a higher view with the drone but it was very windy with a threat of imminent rain, and so I didn't want to risk it.

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: brandtb on February 05, 2019, 08:36:19 am

Nice that second image

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2019, 09:04:50 am

Rajan,

I think you are right about Flúðir.
Your Grindavik greenhouse looks very other-worldly.

Title: Re: Alien Colony
Post by: armand on February 05, 2019, 02:50:15 pm

Prefer the first. Looks less alien but the framing is very nice.