A Little Science Lesson from Iceland

Pingvellir National Park lies in a belt of volcanic activity and fissures that is known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Here, the North American and Eurasian Continental tectonic plates meet at the rift valley. Over the past 10,000 years, the earth's crust has been sinking and spreading apart here. Pingvellir Park is Iceland's largest lake and was formed by springs beneath the ridge.

Here I am actually standing on both plates at the same time.