How Volcanoes Built Iceland's Bizarre Landscape

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How volcanoes, ice, and humans shaped Iceland's otherworldly landscape.
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Further Reading:
Exploratorium - Iceland's Volcanoes: www.exploratorium.edu/theworl...
PBS - Fire and Ice: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/icela...
1973 Eruption: www.newspapers.com/clip/11270...
www.newspapers.com/clip/11270...
Surtsey: www.newspapers.com/clip/11270...
New York Times - Deforestation: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
(Viking Images) H.A. Guerber- Myths of the Norsemen: archive.org/details/mythsofth...
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Sponsor
2:24 - Fire
7:02 - Ice
8:37 - Us
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Glad you enjoyed!

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Another major human impact in iceland is the lupine. One of my favourite parts of iceland is how massive fields of lupine seem to hide the ring road. The lupine is an invasive species from alaska. Originaly brought to iceland for its nitrogen fixing properties and (according to some locals near vic i myrdal) as a way to stop the sandstorms. The lupine did a little too well in iceland quickly covering formaly forrested areas and now threatens local biodiversity. Particularly by outcompeting local nitrogen fixing grasses that serve as essential food sources for the islands birds.

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It is a controversial plant for sure, but I would rather have that plant than the desertification it's absence would invite, and actually recent research shows that it doesn't actually outcompete things like birch trees or spruce because it is not tolerant of shade and will eventually loose the battle for light to things like the native birch trees. But yeah, we should definitely still control it's spread where possible to avoid the negative factors, like it out competing 'melgresi' but I think that melgresi is an even hardier plant and will actually grow in places where even the lupine won't.

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09:55 - Excellent shot

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Watching this from Iceland feels really good! Nicely filmed and put togehter! Love it!

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Absolutely fantastic storytelling and film making. Love the connection to humans shaping the landscape

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That's the plan!

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This is beautiful, man. It's awesome how you juxtapose so many themes throughout the film: fire/ice; destruction/rebirth; man/nature; etc. Question for you: My wife and I are taking our girls on a 6-month around-the-world adventure starting in about 6 weeks, and I'd love to create a few similar films during our travels. Did you set out with this specific story in mind, or did you learn about it while you were in Iceland and have that inform your storytelling? I'd love to know more about how you research and plan these films! 👊🏻

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Glad you enjoyed!

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Thanks for watching it!

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Really appreciate the support!

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Glad you enjoyed!

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Aidin: How did these unique landscapes get here? Iceland: Volcano go Brrrrrr

[@AidinRobbins]

That sums it up

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I'll take it

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Driving from Show Low to Springerville on US-60 you'll see dozens of these cinder cones. On the outskirts of Springerville you'll see an escarpment that is the edge of a massive lava flow.

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The production is getting better and better!

[@AidinRobbins]

Thank you! Always the goal :)

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amazing video man, like always! love the storytelling, drone shots, colour grading and i just wondering, where did you get all the old archive footage?

[@AidinRobbins]

The archival footage is from 2 documentaries, they're linked in the description :)

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Gear is in the description!

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[@MarisaArtLA]

I would recommend to also explore the Carpathian mountain range in Romania.

[@justanotherperson510]

I’ve been to Iceland twice and was lucky enough to see the most recent eruption form a helicopter and I drove the ring road of the country over 10 days and it’s like a different world

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How does this only have 68k views it should have 5 mil

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I'm not a professional cinematographer or great at color grading by any means, but sometimes your videos are waay too saturated and are too contrasty (in my opinion, maybe I'm wrong). Maybe bringing up some of the complete blacks to grays and desaturating just a little some heavy shots could look better. I hope you can understand what I'm talking about since English is not my first language. Again that is a personal opinion and by no means am I telling you that your videos are looking bad, the are f"ing amazing, just trying to give some constructive feedback. Love your content, it feels genuine, and is beautifully crafted.

[@aapur]

The other reason Iceland exists where it is, is because there's a hotspot directly underneath it on the plate boundary. As far as I know, this is the only hot spot that exists on a divergent boundary too

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Aidin Robins, Can you show how you made those maps and red markings at 3:37 and 2:44 with a tutorial?

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