Master of All He Surveys

April 4, 2014

Christian Schweiger/Sole/REX USA

"I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it." - William Shakespeare, As You Like It

The basalt cliffs of Dyrholaey, a nature reserve on the south coast of Iceland, provide prime nesting sites for puffins, but poor footing for humans: In 2012, two tourists standing on the edge started a landslide and fell 40 yards to the beach below. Both survived.