Views of the Skaftáreldahraun lava fields which stretched for miles and miles in South Iceland between the villages of Vík and Kirkjubæjarklaustur. It formed during the 1783 Skaftáreldar massive volcanic eruption in the Lakagígar (Laki) craters about 25 miles or 40 kilometers north of Kirkjubæjarklaustur village. The lava flowed down the river path of Skaftá river and down to the lowlands destroying farmland and farms along the way. (Oct. 3, 2021)
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Views of the Skaftáreldahraun lava fields which stretched for miles and miles in South Iceland between the villages of Vík and Kirkjubæjarklaustur. (Oct. 3, 2021)
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The half-full blue geothermal water inside the Grjótagjá hot springs in northeast Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)
The Námafjall is a high-temperature geothermal area at the foot of the Námafjall volcanic mountain. This particular area of the Námafjall, known as Namaskard, is a geothermal area with fumaroles, large mud pools, steam vents and an orangy-red landscape in northeast Iceland. The steam comes fumarole gas such as hydrogen sulfide which is responsible for the characteristic hot springs smell of rotten eggs. In previous centuries sulphur was mined in Iceland to produce gun powder. (Oct. 5, 2021)
The Namaskard, a geothermal area with fumaroles, large mud pools, steam vents and an orangy-red landscape in northeast Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)
The Namaskard, a geothermal area with fumaroles, large mud pools, steam vents and an orangy-red landscape in northeast Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)
The Namafjall volcanic mountain and the various geothermal steam vents on our drive thru northeast Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)
That cave-looking entrance is one of two entrances into the Grjótagjá hot springs in northeast Iceland. A rocky entrance leads down to a half-full blue geothermal water which at one time was a very nice thermal bath for the locals. But after Mt. Krafla erupted in 1975-1984 the temperature of the water rose so it couldn’t be used for bathing. (Oct. 5, 2021)
I just loved this view of the Namafjall volcanic mountain by the Grjótagjá hot spring cave in northeast Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)
Me practicing my Queen wave on the Queen’s Throne at the Dimmuborgir formations, also called the “Dark Castles,” of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn in Iceland. (Oct. 5, 2021)