Hraunfossar

Hraunfossar (isl.hraun=lava) are falls streaming out of porous layers of Hallmundarhraun lava field and into Hvitá river.
Hallmundarhraun covers 200 km² and was erupted around 900 A.D. from Langjökull central volcano which is in an active rift zone (western volcanic zone).

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cammino ^club

Interessanter Wasserfall.

10 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to cammino ^club

Herzlichen Dank, cammino! Es ist schon seltsam, wenn man sieht, wie das Wasser quasi aus dem Nichts kommt!

10 years ago.

Graham Chance ^club

Superb panorama Gudrun. Best viewed large

10 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Graham Chance ^club

Many thanks, Graham! These falls are 700m wide, this is only a part- the weather was too bad for a complete panorama.

10 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

That's impressive.

10 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

Thanks a lot, George! I had never seen anything like this before but obviously it's quite common.

10 years ago.

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