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Hveravellir
Iceland
Quick update from Akureyri before we venture off to internet-less places. Marianne and I had a wonderful night last night . As night came at Hveravellir, the skies were clear so we waited after midnight for this 30 minute show in the full moon amid the fumaroles and boiling hotpots of Hveravellir. Thanks to Orvar's tips on aurora shooting, we managed to capture quite a few images and some lasting memories of the place.
The location is along the F35 Kjolur route about dead centre of the route (ie oacis in the middle of nowhere). A perfect setting for our 10 year anniversary :)
Antofagasta, near San Pedro de Atacama. One of the largest geyser basins in the world, only a small portion of it is open to tourists. And it's in the ANDES!
Chile, June 2019.
🇬🇧 Evening light breaks through the clouds over Norris Geyser Basin, illuminating one of Yellowstone’s most active and constantly changing geothermal landscapes. Steam rises from the ground while hot springs and mineral deposits reveal the volcanic forces still shaping the park.
📍 Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
📅 August 2019
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🇪🇸 La luz del atardecer atraviesa las nubes sobre Norris Geyser Basin, iluminando uno de los paisajes geotérmicos más activos y cambiantes de Yellowstone. El vapor emerge del suelo mientras las fuentes termales y los depósitos minerales muestran las fuerzas volcánicas que siguen modelando el parque.
📍 Norris Geyser Basin, Parque Nacional de Yellowstone, Wyoming, EE. UU.
📅 Agosto de 2019
Hveradalir was undoubtedly one of the places that impressed me the most on my trip to the Icelandic Highlands. There is no photo that can convey the feeling of walking through these rusty red mountains next to the sulphur fumaroles gushing from cracks in the ground and the crystal blue glacial rivers that you enjoy from the trails. You feel as if you have entered some other world. A spectacular place to enjoy photography. However, the images you capture that morning cannot convey what it can feel like to be there and experience the beauty of this volcanic place with your own eyes!
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Vulcano Island from Lipari. Milky Way is over Vulcano. Also it can see fumaroles on the top of Vulcano Island.
Hverir is a lunar-like landscape of mud cauldrons, steaming vents, and piping fumaroles at the eastern base of the mountain Námafjall, near Mývatn in northern Iceland.
I imagine this is what Tolkien's land of Mordor might be like...
I had previously posted a version of this scene, but thought that a B&W image with only the lone standing figure in color might be interesting.
Landscape with eruption steam. Geothermal area Namafjall....
The Námafjall Geothermal Area is located in Northeast Iceland, on the east side of Lake Mývatn. At this area, also known as Hverir, you will see many smoking fumaroles and boiling mud pots, surrounded by sulphur crystals of many different colours.
El Pedraforca, com a volcà,és actiu de tant en tant. Però només són fumaroles nebuloses de capvespre, no cal espantar-se.
Pedraforca mountain as a volcano is active ocasionally. But they are only evening light clouds of smoke. There's no reason to be scared. :-)
I think perhaps there's a mad dragon hidden on the top of the mountain.
An overwhelming odour of sulphur greets the visitor. The volcano's fumaroles are active but the volcano is not currently erupting. The island experienced seismic tremors in 1996-7. From a slide taken in 1976.
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Fumarole with with bright yellow sulphur crystals spilling from the vent, Namafjall Geothermal Area, Hverir, Myvatn, Iceland.
17/01/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
I had lunch with a gopher snake as companion. The snake was warming up in a small fumarole, and kept poking out to see if the coast was clear.
Explored # 473 on December 18, 2020. Thank you, everyone, for your favorites and kind comments!
This is the first time that I have gone to see the mess created by the freeze up on a big body of water. As the water along the shore freezes , it is disturbed by strong winds on the open water that forces the ice pieces , the snow and the slush into huge stacks that look like fumaroles. Very interesting composition.
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la végétation luxuriante a laisse place à un paysage lunaire, qui frappe par l’absence de vie animale et végétale. Une épaisse fumée blanche sort du cratère et se dissipe au gré du vent. Ce sont les solfatares, ces fumerolles chargées de dioxyde de soufre et d’acide chlorhydrique fortement irritantesSe munir du masque à gaz ou, à défaut, un foulard humide pour se prémunir des émanations de soufre
La descente dans la soufrière n’est plus formellement interdite(comme lors de notre passage ,)
Des hommes, tels de véritables forçats, s’astreignent à extraire des blocs de soufre de plusieurs kilos, au milieu des fumerolles irrespirables. Des canalisations en métal emprisonnent et refroidissent une partie de ces vapeurs de soufre qui se cristallisent progressivement pour se solidifier définitivement à la sortie de ces longs tuyaux et ainsi être extraites. Chaussés pour la plupart de simples bottes en caoutchouc et avec une étoffe ou un chiffon dans la bouche en guise de masque, ces mineurs de l’extrême remplissent des paniers avec ces blocs, les remontent à la surface du cratère puis redescendent dans la vallée pour finalement les faire peser et en tirer un salaire
.Si on y arrive avant le lever du soleil, on peut observer d’étranges coulées de lave bleue qui semblent ruisseler sur les flancs du cratère. Il s’agit en fait de soufre à l’état gazeux, qui s’enflamme au contact de l’air, offrant ainsi un spectacle totalement surréaliste, Garanti sans trucage !
(d'après doc Bali authentique qui organisait notre circuit )
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The lush vegetation has given way to a lunar landscape, strikingly devoid of animal and plant life. Thick white smoke emerges from the crater and dissipates with the wind. These are the solfataras, fumaroles charged with sulphur dioxide and hydrochloric acid, which are highly irritating. Take a gas mask or, failing that, a wet scarf to protect yourself from the sulphur fumes.
Descending into the sulphur pit is no longer formally forbidden (as it was when we visited, )
Men, like real slave labourers, are forced to extract blocks of sulphur weighing several kilos, in the middle of unbreathable fumaroles. Metal pipes trap and cool part of the sulphur vapours, which gradually crystallise and solidify at the end of the long pipes, so that they can be extracted. Mostly wearing simple rubber boots and with a cloth or rag in their mouths as a mask, these extreme miners fill baskets with these blocks, bring them to the surface of the crater and then go back down into the valley to finally have them weighed and earn a salary.
If you get there before sunrise, you can see strange blue lava flows that seem to trickle down the sides of the crater. It is in fact sulphur in a gaseous state, which ignites on contact with the air, offering a totally surreal spectacle, guaranteed without any trickery!
(according to the authentic Bali doc who organised our tour)
The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile-wide (22.0 km) volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. The highest point in the caldera is Redondo Peak, an 11,254-foot (3,430 m) resurgent lava dome located entirely within the caldera and surrounded by moat-like flows of rhyolitic solidified lavas.
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Lassen National Park, Ca. June, 2020.
Just an easy and beautiful 2-mile hike from the Warner Valley trail head.
One of my "leftovers" from Yellowstone that I never got to until this morning. As I kept staring at this one Paintpot (in the Norris Geyser Basin) geyser, I kept thinking that Yellowstone can't just be seen; it has to be experienced.
Yellowstone is not just anything. Not wildlife, not scenics, not wildflowers, and not just Old Faithful. "Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, with parts in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular.While it represents many types of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion."
I've been fortunate to experience Yellowstone seven times since 1947. Well, I've visited the park for more than six days each visit, but haven't experienced the 3,468.4 square miles! I've "done" perhaps 50. My parents had to show me its wonders, and I had to show my wife, and then my kids. So we always stated with Old Faithful, but during the visit of 2014, we took in Coulter Bay*, and most of the geysers, and the Bison and Pronghorn herds during calving, and what was open on the Lamar Valley. We were there for the two weeks before the park was officially open for 2014.
The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. We managed 20, and were fascinated by the colors. The bright, vivid colors in the spring are the result of microbial mats around the edges of the mineral-rich water. ... The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water. The effect is strongest in the center of the spring, because of its sterility and depth. We were lucky to see 20.
Footnote though a highlight: I added 11 species of birds in our first three days. *Coulter, technically part of the Grand Tetons.
Hverir Iceland is one of the most out-of-this-world sites on the island. It is a place where you feel connected to the power of the planet. At the foot of the Namafjall volcanic mountain, the geothermal area displays fumaroles, large mud pools, steam vents and a bare orangy-red landscapes. A unique sight
A large fumarole, known as the 'sulfuric smoker' lies in the Namafjall Geothermal Area, Hverir, Myvatn, Iceland. The shadow cast by the fumarole and the steam helps to add a sense of depth to the image.
19/01/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Wyoming
We are standing on the edge of a geyser basin on a cool September morning, watching the fumaroles steam and hiss. Yellowstone National Park sits atop a hot spot in the Earth’s crust and has many geothermal areas and the occasional earthquake.
The next series of photos I'll be posting, primarily of Yellowstone, were made on a road trip I took with my octogenarian mother in September 2018. We left Fargo, North Dakota and made a loop across Dakota and Montana to Yellowstone, touching into Grand Teton, and then back across the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming and on to her home in Fargo.
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If there is a place with an apparent "wow" factor in Iceland, it has got to be Námaskarð. Located a short distance from the spectacular volcanic mountain, Krafla, Námaskarð, Hverarönd, is an expanse of hot springs, fumaroles, mud pools, and mud pots. Everything is at a boiling point in the stunning arctic desert. No vegetation in sight. The constant emission of fumes has made the ground completely sterile and acidic, thus unfit to sustain flora and fauna. But, the colorful minerals defy imagination.
Námaskarð is a short distance from Lake Mývatn where you can enjoy rich vegetation and refreshing spring water. At Námaskarð, it will be hard to find pure spring water. Everything is imbued with sulfur, even the air, making the smell from the area quite distinct. Those who dislike the smell will tell you the area smells like rotten eggs. Those who do like it will maintain it has the fragrance of living, breathing earth constantly on the move.
This barren beauty is a place to visit. You can spend hours gazing in amazement at the ever-changing patterns and hues. But, be mindful of the sulfur. Too much of it is not only harmful to vegetation, but also humans.
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Emerald Lakes at sunrise. Flares from the CPL filter created this neat effect.
Spot the tramper wearing fluorescent yellow jacket near the smallest lake to get a sense of scale.
Tongariro Alpine Crossing, 1st day of Autumn 2015.
Yellowstone national park, sits on a huge super volcano, which has thankfully stayed dormant for the last few thousand years & will even more gratefully remain so, for a few thousand more, is one magical place at sundown. The Firehole river curves around the Midway Basin, carefully circumventing it's numerous Fumaroles that belch & burp sulfur dioxide laden steam columns constantly. A few Geysers, which are basically pressurized steam & water, seer the parched earth crust to defy gravity & jet up a few hundred feet up in the sky. As the sun slithers beneath the western horizon, the clouds light up not unlike the Yellowstone's lava laden angry earth innards. We sit alone on a hill opposite to this mystical vista, giving company to a dead tree & it's gnarled & twisted uprooted roots & some bear scat remains around.
If Apocalypse happens Now, we couldn't have been at a more catastrophic location except perhaps.... The Indian Diwali fireworks & crackers polluted festival! Happy Diwali folks! :)
Temperatures beneath the thermal springs exceed 300°C, making it one of the hottest places in southwest Iceland.
This high-temperature area features mud springs and fumaroles. The water on the surface is rainwater; without it, the area would be dry. In crevices and caves beneath the high-temperature area, however, pure, saline seawater is found.
Hverir, Norðurland eystra, Ísland
Ah! That bracing aroma of hydrogen sulfide. The ever present background hissing of escaping gases. Don't forget the bubbling hot fluids. And watch your step!
A smoking fumerole at the geothermal area of Hverir in northern Iceland.
The history of the "pinnacles" near Crater Lake began about 7,700 years ago when the eruptions of Mt. Mazama were reaching their climax. Torrents of red-hot, gas-charged pumice poured down Mazama's slopes at speeds of up to 100 mph (160kph). On top of this came a flow of heavier rocks called scoria. These glowing avalanches flooded downslope for many miles, leaving deep deposits in their wake.
Temperatures in the deposits may have exceeded 750 F (400 C). Plumes of vapors appeared, as gasses escaped from the settling rocks through vents called fumaroles. Minerals in the gasses, combined with extreme heat, welded the sides of the fumaroles in the shape of slender cones. Since then, streams have eroded a canyon through the deposits, exposing the cones. Many of these fossil fumaroles are hollow.
The Fjallabak region takes its name from the numerous wild and rugged mountains with deeply incised valleys, which are found there. The topography of the Torfajökull, a central volcano found within the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, is a direct result of the region being the largest rhyolite (liparite) area in Iceland and the largest geothermal area (after Grímsvötn in Vatnajökul). The Torfajökul central volcano is an active volcanic system but is now in a declining fumarolic stage as exemplified by numerous fumaroles and hot springs. The hot pools at Landmannalaugar are but one of many manifestations of geothermal activity in the area, which also tends to alter the minerals in the rocks, causing beautiful color variations from red and yellow to blue and green, a good example being Brennisteinsalda. Geologists believe that the Torfajökull central volcano is a caldera, the rim being Háalda, Suđurnámur, Norđur Barmur, Torfajökull, Kaldaklofsfjöll and Ljósártungur.
During my Iceland trip we visited several active geological sites. Here active fumarole vents steam as the sun comes up behind the clouds at the Hveraround Sulfur Springs.
Taken 12 September 2022 at Iceland
The highest point to 3914 m, diameter 3 km.
Last eruption 1280. Violent eruption (level 6 scale volcanic explosivity index),
lahar + pyroclastic flow to the Pacific Ocean. Since then in the caldera a 250 m deep crater lake. Due to minerals the green coloration.
At the bottom of the lake fumaroles, at the east side of the volcano hot springs.
At an elevation of 11,253′ Valles Caldera is a 13.7-mile wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps and volcanic domes dot the caldera floor landscape. Valles Caldera is home to elk, Gunnison prairie dogs, coyotes, badgers, black bears, Eastern mountain bluebirds, golden eagles and more.
Quilotoa volcano is a small 3 km wide caldera about 80 km SSW of Quito. It is the westernmost of Ecuador's Andean volcanoes. The caldera is the truncated remnant of a dacitic stratovolcano. It has steep inner walls which rise 400 m above the surface of a 240 m deep lake.
The only certain historical eruption of Quilotoa volcano occurred in 1280 and was one of the largest explosive eruptions in the world during the past 1000 years.
Geologic studies have shown evidence that Quilotoa has produced at least 8 large explosive eruptions during the past 200,000 years at intervals of 10,000-14,000 years.
Reports of historical eruptions from the caldera lake are not certain. At present, Quilotoa volcano has fumaroles on the lake floor and hot springs on the eastern flank.
1280 Plinian eruption and caldera formation of Quilotoa volcano:
One of the largest known eruptions on earth during the past 1000 years occurred around the year 1280 (radiocarbon dated). It followed a dormancy period of 14,000 years. The eruption emptied ca. 11 cubic km of magma during 4 eruptive phases. The first phase produced one of the northern Andes' largest air-fall pumice and ash layer. The following phases generated large pyroclastic flows and lahars, which reached the Pacific Ocean.
The eruption was followed by the formation of the caldera and ended with the emplacement of a small lava dome.
Ochre-toned geothermal area with active mud pots and steaming fumaroles near Lake Myvatn, North Iceland.
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An updated version of an image taken back in July 2015 using Silver Efex Pro 2 for the B&W conversion and processing.
The geothermal area Krýsuvík is situated on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. It is in the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland. Where solfataras, fumaroles, mud pots and hot springs have formed, the soil is coloured in bright yellow, red, and green hues. Sulphur deposits were mined in 1722 - 1728 and in the 19th century.
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The Námafjall Geothermal Area is located in Northeast Iceland, on the east side of Lake Mývatn. At this area, also known as Hverir, you will see many smoking fumaroles and boiling mud pots, surrounded by sulphur crystals of many different colours. This sulphur gives the area an overwhelming smell of egg.