Iceland sits directly in the middle of a battleground of powerful natural forces.

Here, cold polar winds meet warmer southerly air, creating turbulent pressure systems and rapidly changing weather.

This is a site of frequent weather fronts as it lies within the North Atlantic storm track.

Warm waters from the tropics carried north by the Gulf Stream converge with the cold Arctic waters of the East Greenland Current.

This exchange of warm and cold amplifies the turbulence above, charges the atmosphere and fuels the storms.

Moreover, the island sits alone in the North Atlantic. Vast expanse of open ocean gives powerful winds an uninterrupted passage, and a large playground for the waves on which to grow and gather force.

Here, that day on the west coast of Iceland, the winds, waters and the black volcanic cliffs came together in a most dramatic spectacle

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