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Gullfoss is made up of two waterfalls. The first of them, at the highest part of the falls, has a drop of about 11 meters. After this, the water meets another even larger jump: the second Gullfoss waterfall measures 20 meters, so that the totality of both is 31 meters high.
Gullfoss means “golden waterfall”, according to legend, many years ago a farmer named Gýgur lived in the area, who over the years had accumulated an enormous amount of gold. Gýgur worried about what would happen to his gold when he died. Since he couldn't stand the idea that someone could take it away from him once he was dead, he chose to keep it in a chest and throw it into the depths of the waterfall.
I visited Gullfoss after Strokkur. One thing to note is that most places that you visit don't have railings to protect you fram falling, or getting to close to things.
(Note that I'm standing close to the edge of a 40-50 meter drop)
I recorded my whole trip to Iceland, and the whole trip, with 10 minutes resolution can be seen at:
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Taken at Gullfoss waterfall in iceland. sadly we were on a trip so only had limited time and could only really shoot without my tripod. but i will definitely be going back and intend to spend a lot more time in this beautiful location.
taken with
Nikon D800
Nikkor 14-24 f2.8
lee sw150 system with .6 hard grad.
The Mist - Gullfoss, Iceland
Many of the waterfalls in Iceland are large and a few of them are gigantic. Even for someone from the PNW, the waterfalls here are something to behold!
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 metres or 36 feet, and 21 metres or 69 feet) into a crevice 32 metres (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 140 cubic metres (4,900 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 cubic metres (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter. The highest flood measured was 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) per second.(Wikipedia)
Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an iconic waterfall of Iceland offering a spectacular view of the forces and beauty of untouched nature. Gullfoss is part of the Golden Circle tour, located in South Iceland on the Hvítá (White) river which is fed by Iceland’s second biggest glacier, the Langjökull.
A dramatic edit of a dawn shot at Gullfoss taken in September last year. I had the place to myself - it was bliss!
The upper part of Gullfoss. Further down, the falls are much bigger in this two-step fall. In total it drops 32 meters. The winds were very strong and changing, so I had to protect the lens constantly from getting wet. Shot with my IR-camera.
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This is Gullfoss waterfall. A heavily touristic place in Iceland. It's beautiful. Probably even more when there is no one around. :) Maybe that's too much to ask.
Gullfoss , 64°N 20°W .
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Stood on a promontory above Gullfoss ,Gary braced against the wind, and spread his feet delicately, planting them as best he could to grip the ice. Not as big as Niagara, Gullfoss is still thunderous where it dives into the chasm below. For us some of it's awe was diminished by the thick layer of snow covering everything in the region. The best paths and viewpoints were closed off and it was difficult to separate the white on white detail. In fact we never failed to get to anywhere in trusty Dusty because of the snow, but too much of the white stuff really neutralised the drama of most of the waterfalls and canyons we went to.
But we were so lucky to get there at all in the week that saw the world begin to shut down. Now we've all taken a big fall into some sort of invisible chasm, and who knows when we will climb back out of it again.
The lower half of the Gullfoss waterfall and its outflow canyon which runs at a right angle to the lower falls.
For more information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullfoss.
A little expansion of Gullfoss Falls from my trip to Iceland this summer. It was so unbelievably windy when we went to see the falls that I felt like I would fall off the cliff. It was worth it since this was one of the most stunning sights I've seen.
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Gullfoss means "Golden Falls" and is one of Iceland's most beautiful and without a doubt Iceland's most popular waterfall.
It's located in the canyon of Hvítá river in South Iceland and falls down in 2 stages, with a total height of 32m