Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Hljóðaklettar

North Iceland 
''The Echo Rocks''
Are in N-Iceland just south of Ásbyrgi in the Jökulsárgljúfur National Park.
When coming down the road leading to Hljóðaklettar a whole walley of extraordinary rock formation opens up.



These extraordinary rock formations, many of them standing in the middle of Jökulsá river (Jökulsá á Fjöllum) are the remains of volcanoes which have been eroded for centuries after centuries by the strong currents and floods of Jökulsá.


Jökulsá is the river coming from Dettifoss and Vatnajökull glacier, leaving only these extraordinary volcanic plugs behind.

Amazing close up of the rocks


Geysir, Iceland

Here you have a photo of Geysir in full action, it only takes a moment but when it happens it's truly an incredible force in display.
Geysir, Iceland

Geysir is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans.

The English word geyser (a periodically spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir.The name geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb geysa(to gush) the verb from old Norse.

Geysir lies in Haukadalur valley on the of Laugarfjall hill.

Eruption in Geysir can hurl boiling water up to 70 meters in the air. However eruptions may be infrequent.  


Monday, October 27, 2014

Here is a little bit clearer photo of Súlur.

Súlur

They call it Súlur, as you drive past this vast rocky mountain in the South West of  the town Akureyri in Iceland you see the huge head off the mountain in all its glory. Súlur rising some 1213 meters is popular for hiking tours.




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