To Disappear From The Cliffs of Dyrhólaey
"You need to lose yourself and disappear in the depths of the repetitions? Find a coast and watch the repetitive waves! Soon your mind vanishes away and when your mind disappears you disappear!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
The cliffs of Dyrhólaey, near the village of Vik (Vík í Mýrdal) on Iceland's South Coast, is a promontory offering expansive views of the coast both East and West, with spectacular displays of the black sand/pebble beach below, as well as daunting outcrops and rock formations. From this view it is easy to lose yourself in the moment and let your mind drift with each repetition of the ocean waves meeting black beach, for as far as the eye can see, and then even further through your mind’s eye. This view from the top of this peninsula became the perfect place for Iceland to construct the Dyrhólaey lighthouse (Icelandic: Dyrhólaeyjarviti), which in this image is about 100 feet behind me. The lighthouse initially was a skeletal steel tower in 1910, and then subsequently rebuilt to be like a typical lighthouse in 1927. On the opposite side of the cliffs a trail leads out across a massive sea arch, allowing further stunning views. This area is also extremely rich in birdlife, including puffins, fulmars and guillemots. While I was told that the puffins had moved on a few weeks prior to my arrival, I witnessed some last stragglers flying away over the sea stacks.
