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Iceland Day 7 - Geothermal fields, waterfalls, city
Added: August 03, 2008
Then we are going to check out surroundings of Mývatn (depends on weather), go to Goðafoss and finally to reach Akureyri.
Jökulsárgljúfur
Road to Jökulsárgljúfur
Quality of road was similar to one we used yesterday, but this time we hit traffic jam - some old guy with his car was blocking whole lane (road) for few kilometres.
It started to snow, later we came to Mars - landscape looking exactly like photos from NASA. I kid you not. Check for yourself.
Look, there was water on Mars once! How to explain that canyon otherwise?
And there are even some lifeforms there!
Selfoss
This is not town Selfoss where earthquake happened some time ago. This is waterfall of the same name in north-east Iceland. And I bet it is nicer than town! (I do not know for sure, we went another way, so we have not seen it).
Notice small people on the left side of waterfall and you can get an idea how big it is.
Mud
That mud, nicely carved mud, near Selfoss fascinated me. If you like it as much as I do, do not forget to check out more of it on next page :-) This might be the first time when something that fascinates me does not look like food to me ;-)
This one looks like a mud model of waterfall! Just turn water on, I am ready with my camera... oh, no they are waiting for me (again!) - gotta run :-(
Detifoss
The glimpse of Detifoss from other bank. Unfortunately edge of cliff was not accessible and rather slippery.
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