Young teenage girl with piercing eyes glances toward camera at sunset; Arnarstapi, Iceland.

The Pearl, a restaurant and meeting center, nests at sunset amid six aluminum-clad hot water tanks that heat Reykjavík, Iceland.

Sylvía Sigurbjörnsdóttir rides champion stallion, Oddur, in a tölt, the smooth, fifth gait of Icelandic horses at Oddhóll farm near Hella, Iceland.

Three tourists photograph icebergs of Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon and Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in southeast Iceland.

Backpackers hike toward Seljalandsfoss waterfall as it cascades over mossy cliff near town of Hvolsvöllur in southern Iceland.

Bathers soak in healing waters of Blue Lagoon as Svartsengi geothermal heating and power plant spews steam near Grindavik, Iceland.

Couple sits and admires colorful rhyolite hills of geothermal area near Landmannalaugar in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland.

Town of Isafjordur huddles below snowy mountain at edge of icy fjord in January in the West Fjords, Iceland.

Leif Eiríksson statue in front of basalt-like columnar facade of capital city's landmark church, Hallgrímskirkja; Reykjavík, Iceland.