I’ll keep this one short as I want to try and get some proper sleep tonight (I finally have black bags over my bedroom windows!)
The sun finally came out! At least it did in the north east of the archipelago. We used the webcams that are placed all over the country to check — in real-time! To capitalise, we headed up to Vidareidi (from which point we could see Muli, the abandoned town I photographed the other day) and walked south along the coast.
The Atlantic Ocean has never looked quite so alluring. Deep-azure, turquoise, cobalt, midnight, Egyptian — blue! But not the wussy, pale blues of the Caribbean but dark, intense shades.
Also, there wasn’t a single hill in sight. Just lovely, flat coastlines. It looks like the islands were once volcanic (but I’m sure someone (mum?) will take one look at the photos and tell me exactly what kind of rock it is!) Actually, thinking about it, I found a vein of quartz so I’m sure it was once volcanic.
Anyway, two lovely photos from the island of Vidoy (and one of me posing at the end…):
And the bonus photo — me posing on the end of a very, very precarious rock. The fall is about 10 meters. There’s a photo of me losing my balance a few seconds later… but I look petrified, so we’ll just skip past that one…
Andy
Jul 17, 2009
Wow!!! AMAZING landscape. Just, breath-taking. This deserves a :O expression, but this time I’m in awe and not horrified.
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
Well that’s a step in the right direction!
I simply couldn’t keep on amazing you with disgusting facts about my body…
I’m starting to think you actually believed the single-pair-of-boxer-shorts thing…
Hezabelle
Jul 17, 2009
The first one is stunning. It’s so gorgeous! Who needs sleep when THAT’s outside your window!
Amy
Jul 17, 2009
I’m a sucker for glaciated, volcanic scenery (the rock looks like basalt, I could be wrong though). The Faroes look absolutely gorge, I am very jealous.
shuping
Jul 17, 2009
There are still beautiful places left on Earth. I can weep.
sebastian's mother
Jul 17, 2009
The rock does indeed look like basalt, and the folded bit in the first photo looks like lava as it comes into the sea. Well done dear, you did remember some Geography!
I love your ‘posing and looking out to sea’ model photo, darling.
Are you managing to stay ‘regular’?
miss rambles
Jul 17, 2009
wow so beautiful.
i honestly would love to be there right now jst for tht amazing view!
Abi
Jul 17, 2009
Thank God you got some sun. I love the second picture… well and the third, even though it looks like you have been doing dodgy clipart with an outtake of the previous pic and a passing mod.
*looks closer*… is that.. what is that you are doing with the arms??? No….
Actually that does look bloody slippy.
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
Yes, mum, as regular as the rise and ebb of the tides… (well, not quite, but almost!)
I thought it was basalt! I’m so glad to be proven right after being proven wrong about a variety of different moths and insects over the last few months
I’m standing on about 6 inches of dry bit Abi. And it wasn’t flat either. It was easy getting out there, but you’d be surprised how hard it is to turn around… …
Glad you all like ‘em! There’s more to come, but I had to try and sleep. Three hours! Yeah baby!
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
Oh, the whole island was once a big volcano, Amy (I think, anyway). And then some glaciers came and carved it up, leaving the coast as you see here.
You ought to visit…
Meandering Mel
Jul 17, 2009
Your photos are absolutely studding Seb! I’m enjoying them
Kali
Jul 17, 2009
Yes. The rock looks precarious. Positively life-threatening in fact. Can’t imagine how you managed to keep your cool.
*eyeroll*
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
Thanks, Mel!
And thanks for your unique slant on life, Kali. Damn it all to heck. Stab, stab. Moan, moan. The world SUCKS. Holy shit, whether you think it was scary or not has absolutely no bearing on whether *I* found it scary?! No WAY!
andhari
Jul 17, 2009
It lookslike one of the views from islands around Sumatra over here. Lovely!
floreta
Jul 17, 2009
your mom’s comments make me laugh hard
i love the modelshot
you indie rawkstar you. haha
Sarah
Jul 17, 2009
Those are so amazing. You know how when you get a new computer, you automatically want to change the desktop background because it’s some lame, logo-fied picture? So you go and see what pictures they have in the settings… and there’s all these beauuutiful background landscape pictures? These two look like they could be those
Jaime
Jul 17, 2009
“wussy, pale blues of the Caribbean”??? You make me laugh, Sebastian!
Also you should… email me the picture of you slipping…
debsmuddle
Jul 17, 2009
Loving the pics but actually laughing more at your Mum’s comments
Kevin
Jul 17, 2009
Great pictures Seb. But you realize it’s your fault if the Faroes become buried under a torrent of tourists, right? The second one is amazing and the one of you reminds me of, well, me on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher.
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
I’ve seen a grand total of 3 tourists so far, Kevin — but it’s no surprise considering it’s completely inhospitable unless you know people that know people that… You’re not allowed to camp anywhere really, and the hotels are very expensive (think central London/NYC). So I don’t think there’s any chance of me popularising these beautiful little islands
I don’t think it’s surprising that it looks like the Irish or Scottish coastline — it was probably attached to Scotland long ago!
Not happening, Jaime!
I’m so glad my mother is stealing all my thunder! The story of my life…
(Andhari, prepare for a long visit in a year or so, I will need a good tour guide…!)
sebastian's mother
Jul 17, 2009
Sebby dearest, not one of your little friends has noticed that you are standing on the top of a WATERFALL!
That is why it is so dangerous and life-threatening!
Debsmuddle and Floreta are obvioulsy delightful young ladies!
* goes off to celebrate her wedding anniversary. Yes, you forgot!!)*
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
… Happy Anniversary!
I thought it was obvious that it was a waterfall. And I did say that it was a very big drop. I’ll upload another photo that shows how big the drop is.
(And yes, Debs and Floreta are lovely!)
Eleni
Jul 18, 2009
Beautiful photos! I particularly like the first one. The photo of you above the waterfall would be more effective if we could actually see the 10-meter fall.
sebastian
Jul 18, 2009
You’ll just have to trust me, and look at the precarious and spiky nature of the (wet) ridge I am standing on…!
As a biologist, you must know the lubricated, low-friction qualities of algae and kelp…!
Eric
Jul 18, 2009
I’m impressed. Not generally moved my landscapes like that, but they look so fantastic; like something a kid-God would have made. Beautiful.
Eleni
Jul 18, 2009
Not a biologist. Physical oceanography. I have a feeling we’ve been through this before…
That said, yes, I am familiar with the fact that wet algae on rocks is quite slippery. Of course, we can’t see the algae very well in the photo, either. But I am sure you were being very brave standing over that waterfall.
sebastian
Jul 18, 2009
Thanks, Eric! (And, yes, I just need some music now to go with the album cover… I’ll have to get working on that. After this trip to the Faroes I’ll probably come back with a braided beard and a penchant for growling in a Nordic fashion to heavy metal riffs…)
I can almost see your patronising smile, Eleni
Eleni
Jul 18, 2009
Not a patronizing smile. More like a pat on the head.
sebastian
Jul 18, 2009
You’re too short. Thus the smile!
(Plus, smiling just about works over the Internet. Patting on the head isn’t quite there yet… soon, soon.)
MUST SLEEP…
Eric
Jul 18, 2009
My housemate loves that very sort of music. I don’t mind it much, either. Amon Amarth is pretty kickass.
MinD
Jul 20, 2009
So beautiful. I’m beyond jealous of the sights you get to experience.
sebastian
Jul 20, 2009
My continued education into Faroese music has been quite enjoyable Eric! Tyr are great, and a bunch of other folksky/popsy/rocky bands are fun too. Seems a bit more characterful than the mindless-growly type that I thought ruled the Metal roost.
I think you have sights just like these over the border in Canada, MinD