The volume of traffic was comparable to that of the previous summer. The quantity of guests was the second surprise. That winter, there was no issue with global warming. The Gullfoss waterfall’s untamed splendor in winter clothing was the first surprise. It was the first time I went there in winter and I was in for big surprises. They then float down the river holding onto each other.įrom the surrounding of a waterfall is possible to see glaciers Langjokull and Hofsjokull.In November 2016 I went to Gullfoss waterfall and Geyser. His young lady friend is so horrified by seeing him being washed down the Hvítá River that she also jumps into the river in order to help him. At the end of the music video, the young man attempts to swim across the Hvítá River downstream from the Gulfoss. During the video a young man and a young woman separated by the Hvítá river exchange written messages carried on rocks that they throw to each other over the river and the falls. The Gullfoss features in the music video for the single “Heaven” by the band Live. The investor attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to a lack of money. – During the first half of 20th century, there was an interest to use Hvíta river for generating electricity, which would have changed the waterfall forever.
On a sunny day, rainbows form in the mist clouds from the hammering falls which makes Gullfoss a very special place to see. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. It is the flow of the wide Hvita river rushes southward. Gullfoss (Gull – gold, foss – waterfall ) is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The dividing bar between two halves is “the blaze” = Blesi. The hot spring is divided into two halves, one is clean and second one blue-green.
#GULLFOSS PARKING PATCH#
Blesi is a common Icelandic name for a horse with a light-coloured patch on the forehead. The bluish colour is due to silica colloidal solution that scatters light. Small blue lake located up to the Strokkur.
The reason for eruptions are still a matter of controversy.īlesi – is not geyser now but previously did erupt up to 1m height. Geysers are individual and erupt differently from place to place. When most of the water is gone, the pipe will starts fill again and a new cycle begins. When the water and steam will find an open pipe it will surface in the shape of a column. Then, under the pressure of creating steam, water is pushing via the plumbing system up. The boiling starts in the bowl where water can reach temperatures more than 120 ☌ as deeper in the earth– the hotter the temperature. 3 basic things are needed – plumbing system, hot water and chamber where underground water can be accumulated. The Natural way for an eruption to occur is as follows. In 1984 a young pharmacist put 10 pounds of soap in Geysir in order to trigger eruption – to rousing Geysir from its slumber. The Great Geysir erupts very irregularly and today it has almost completely stopped erupting unless it is treated with soap. There are also a lot of other little hot spring nearby. Nowadays the bigger Geysir has been quiet for some time.
In the beginning of 18th century Geysir erupted three times each day. Strokkur is very dependable and erupts every 5 to 10 minutes, throwing a white column of water up into the air to a height of 20 30m. The biggest geysers of Haukadalur are Strokkur and Geysir itself, which gave the others their name.
There could be seen some of the most famous sights of the island, the geysers.
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