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Jökulsárgljúfur

View from Vígabjarg towards Réttarfoss waterfall in Jökulsárgljúfur, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland.

 

Hólmatungur area is right across the river which in this area runs through a narrow gorge called Katlar ("the kettles"). In Katlar the Jökulsá river channel narrows greatly with rapids and giant vortexes, as if the river were a boiling kettle. It is in stark contrast to the quiet and cristal clear spring water streams coming from underground ravines in Hólmatungur.

 

Horft af Vígabjargi til suðurs í átt að Réttarfossi í Jökulsárgljúfrum.

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Uploaded on March 16, 2016
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