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For someone that lived in tropical places it is very awkward to see those videos on Iceland Air flights promoting tourism to Iceland and advertising its "rugged

For someone that lived in tropical places it is very awkward to see those videos on Iceland Air flights promoting tourism to Iceland and advertising its "rugged beauty", with lots of glaciers, geysers, volcanoes and ugly cold beaches with black sand. Sorry Icelanders, you seem to be lovely people but your country looks very ugly, barren, dead, sad and desolate. I can't see natural beauty without life.

rainbowmverse 9y ago
Beauty without life is mostly about textures. It's easy to miss if you're looking for bright colors and motion, don't find them, and stop looking.
rootbear 9y ago
I was there in August and found it beautiful. De gustibus non disputandum est.
spodek 9y ago
> I can't see natural beauty without life. Sunrise Sunset The moon The stars Clouds Waves on the beach Rugged peaks above the tree line Stalagmites and Stalactites Bubbling brooks I could go on, but that's a lot of natural beauty you say you can't see already.
erikbye 9y ago
Life does not equal beautiful vistas. Cities are full of life, but to me, they are often the ugliest of landscapes. While I find plenty of aesthetically pleasing natural landscapes, even desolate ones. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
rconti 9y ago
Upvoted because you're welcome to your opinion and I'm a bit sad to see this buried. You should visit. That doesn't mean you'll like it, but it's the most amazing place I've ever been. On the final approach to KEF, I looked out the window and all I could say was "no way". It's like nothing else. I found it absolutely stunningly gorgeous, and loved the place. It's at the top of my list of places to go back to -- over and over. There's life everywhere. The people are wonderful, there are animals everywhere, there are grasses and mosses and all kinds of life. So some of your statements are opinions, and others are merely factually wrong. I've only been a few tropical places, but frankly, I don't like them. Humidity is like hell on earth. I get as much enjoyment out of a cold black sand beach as a warm white sand one -- it bores the piss out of me to lay on a beach and do nothing, so I'm no more likely to spend time on a "nice" beach than on an "ugly" one. In fact I'd more happily spend an hour on a black sand beach photographing ice formations and looking for puffins than sitting in a beach chair sipping a pina colada.

rainbowmverse 9y ago

Beauty without life is mostly about textures. It's easy to miss if you're looking for bright colors and motion, don't find them, and stop looking.

rootbear 9y ago

I was there in August and found it beautiful. De gustibus non disputandum est.

spodek 9y ago

> I can't see natural beauty without life. Sunrise Sunset The moon The stars Clouds Waves on the beach Rugged peaks above the tree line Stalagmites and Stalactites Bubbling brooks I could go on, but that's a lot of natural beauty you say you can't see already.

erikbye 9y ago

Life does not equal beautiful vistas. Cities are full of life, but to me, they are often the ugliest of landscapes. While I find plenty of aesthetically pleasing natural landscapes, even desolate ones. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

rconti 9y ago

Upvoted because you're welcome to your opinion and I'm a bit sad to see this buried. You should visit. That doesn't mean you'll like it, but it's the most amazing place I've ever been. On the final approach to KEF, I looked out the window and all I could say was "no way". It's like nothing else. I found it absolutely stunningly gorgeous, and loved the place. It's at the top of my list of places to go back to -- over and over. There's life everywhere. The people are wonderful, there are animals everywhere, there are grasses and mosses and all kinds of life. So some of your statements are opinions, and others are merely factually wrong. I've only been a few tropical places, but frankly, I don't like them. Humidity is like hell on earth. I get as much enjoyment out of a cold black sand beach as a warm white sand one -- it bores the piss out of me to lay on a beach and do nothing, so I'm no more likely to spend time on a "nice" beach than on an "ugly" one. In fact I'd more happily spend an hour on a black sand beach photographing ice formations and looking for puffins than sitting in a beach chair sipping a pina colada.