Beautiful Nature!!!What a feast to the eyes!! - Red-steeped church surrounded by Alpine lupin in the town of Vik in Iceland at Sunset.
Icelandic churches have a distinctive look with their simple symmetrical architecture, white walls and red tile roof. Many, such as this one at Vik, worship in the shadow of active volcanoes.
Here the church is located on a dominant hill, overlooking the rest of the Vik community and the ocean to the south.
Notice the purple "curtain" in front of the church, that's the flower lupin - an alien plant in the Icelandic flora. It was first brought to Iceland to stop soil erosion but it turned out to like the climate so well that it is chocking the local plants by its fast growth. Today, the plant is treated as a weed and there are governmental programs in action to stop it from spreading.
~Photo by Kevin McNeal
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