Continental Drift! (Iceland)

This is Thingvellir (otherwise known as the site of the first Parliament in Iceland). It occupies a very special place in the hearts and minds of Icelanders. In 930 the Icelandic Parliament was founded there. Thus the medieval Icelandic commonwealth was established. Many important events in the history of the country have also taken place here, e.g. the official adoption of Christianity in the year 1000.

There is something else unique about the landscape behind me. Iceland actually belongs to two continents. It is split down the middle between Europe and North America.
These two continents are drifting apart, due to the tectonic plates, at the ‘soaring’ speed of 2 m per century. The land behind me is constantly sinking due to the land-masses splitting apart, and thus a huge valley, is forming.