Water on the rocks

Time to progress onto the North Coast. Well, at least as far as the No 1 highway permits, which cuts off a good chunk of the North East.

Some good water features up here. The Dettifoss for instance. The most powerful in Europe taking into account the combined volume and height. I personally preferred the more photogenic Selfoss. Just upstream a bit, same volume, just spread out a bit more.

Moving on a bit to Namafjell with its steam fumaroles bringing sulphur, gypsum and other minerals to the surface from a Kilometer down. And the obligatory tourist trying to get a selfie with some boiling mud.

Further on up the hill was Kefla, which was classed as active volcano until the late 1970s. Now there is a geothermal powerstation and some walks over the lava fields along with some old vents.

Then back on down to Studlagil canyon, where a river has carved its way through solid basalt columns. Now if only the instagrammers got out of the way after taking 50 pout photos so I could get 1 photo.

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