Iceland Feb 2015 - Photos 3

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Gullfoss, Hellisheiði & Strokkur

Wild landscape passing by the coach window on our way to the Gullfoss waterfall.

The huge Gullfoss waterfall. You can only see the upper drop in this photo.

Now you can see part of the lower drop as well. There was a near-gale force bitter wind blowing through this canyon from the
glacier upstream. It was hard to keep your feet as the wind battered you on the slippery, ice-covered viewing area. — Now you can see part of the lower drop as well. There was a near-gale force bitter wind blowing through this canyon from the Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers upstream. It was hard to keep your feet as the wind battered you on the slippery, ice-covered viewing area.

The edge of the volcano that provides the geothermal source for the Hellisheiði energy plant.

Clouds of steam drift up from the Hellisheiði energy plant.

Transmission lines carry the green electricity off to Reykjavik.

More clouds of steam drifting across the landscape - this time near the Geysir and Strokkur geysers.

The Strokkur geyser in Iceland erupts every 5 minutes or so. We stopped by in the bitter, near gale-force wind to catch it. As people fiddled with their cameras, they kept dropping their ski-gloves - you can see one gradually being blown towards the geyser, where no-one dares to go and retrieve it.

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