A Surreal Visit to the Viti Crater

The crater known as Viti, Icelandic for “hell”, is part of the Krafla volcano range just to the northeast of Mývatn. We experienced some unreal weather on the morning we chose to visit.

The crater is best known for the astonishing turquoise water that pools in the base of its bowl. But though we walked all the way around Viti’s rim, we didn’t see the water even once. A ridiculously heavy fog had blanketed the region, obscuring everything. Especially with the recently-fallen snow, the whiteness...