ICELAND

Since forever cairns have been made as signposts to help people not to get lost in the fog and snowstorms in the highlands of Iceland. The troll children make pebble mini cairns. The pebbles have been polished by the bulging waves of the rough sea breaking on the beaches of Iceland. When touching them one can feel a strong connection to mother earth.

This was the first visit, the weather was as you can see... we went at first to Silfra which is a rift formed in the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates. The weather was so bad and there was so many people that I just took pics of the geese and a church...and Dante tasting lava! WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE.

Gullfoss is one of Iceland's water reserves, located in the region of Sudurland, in the south of the country, 100 km from Reykjavik. It has a height of 32 m and a length of 70 m, and transports the water of the Hvítá river, coming from the Langjökull glacier. Location‎: ‎Southwest Iceland Longest drop‎: ‎21 m Average flow rate‎: ‎140 m3/s Total height‎: ‎32 m WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE.

WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTO UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO ITS PAGE. Geysers, fumaroles (also called solfataras), and hot springs are generally found in regions of young volcanic activity. Surface water percolates downward through the rocks below the Earth's surface to high-temperature regions surrounding a magma reservoir, either active or recently solidified but still hot. There the water is heated, becomes less dense, and rises back to the surface along fissures and cracks. Sometimes these features are called "dying volcanoes" because they seem to represent the last stage of volcanic activity as the magma, at depth, cools and hardens. Fumaroles, which emit mixtures of steam and other gases, are fed by conduits that pass through the water table before reaching the surface of the ground. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), one of the typical gases issuing from fumaroles, readily oxidizes to sulfuric acid and native sulfur. This accounts for the intense chemical activity and brightly colored rocks in many thermal areas. Source: pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/geysers.html

Zeiss Biogon 21mm f/2.8 ZM WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE. Though Geysir itself is rarely active these days, Haukadalur Valley boasts a plethora of hot springs and geysers, including the powerful Strokkur, Smiður and Litli-Strokkur. Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

Geysir is a hot spring in the geothermal area of Haukadalur Valley.

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE.

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir