**Please view on black** I was lucky enough to visit the town of Husavik on my journey around the Ring Road in Iceland. One of the nicer small towns I stayed at, it is a great place for whale watching and good home base for visiting the major attractions north Iceland has to offer. This photo was made at around 2:30am at the Kaldbaks-kot Cottages. There was a sea of lupine in June and the sunrise glow was just perfect—clipping the flowers and lighting the barn and mountains behind. Interesting clouds shaped the shot nicely. Check out my drone video I shot in Iceland here: http://ift.tt/1rCMv9e More info on this image here: http://ift.tt/1nWyJqr Website: exposurescape.com Facebook: http://ift.tt/1aQVWJ2
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.
Combining both their physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, often created over millennia, landscapes reflect the living synthesis of people and place vital to local and national identity. Landscapes, their character and quality, help define the self-image of a region, its sense of place that differentiates it from other regions. It is the dynamic backdrop to people’s lives.
The Earth has a vast range of landscapes including the icy landscapes of polar regions, mountainous landscapes, vast arid desert landscapes, islands and coastal landscapes, densely forested or wooded landscapes including past boreal forests and tropical rainforests, and agricultural landscapes of temperate and tropical regions.
Landscape may be further reviewed under the following specific categories: landscape art, cultural landscape, landscape ecology, landscape planning, landscape assessment and landscape design. The activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land is named Landscaping.
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