Kerið is one of most recognizable volcanic craters in Iceland. To give the image a little perspective, there is a person standing in the top right corner of the image. Its steep walls are approximately 55 meters (180 feet) deep. The caldera is 170 meters (560 feet) wide and 270 meters (890 feet) across. The small lake inside the caldera with a strikingly vivid aquamarine color which is due to minerals in the soil. This was once a typical cone-shaped volcano, but after an eruption some 3000 year ago, the top has collapsed into its empty magma chamber.
Sitting on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of the 16th century fishing village of Hellnar (Iceland), is a beautiful red-roofed church called Hellnakirkja. A rather unique feature of Icelandic spirituality is the "Gate to the Afterlife". You will find at most locations where people have been buried some type of "Gate". In several places the gate consist of just a single standing door with no attached fence.
