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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 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.
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.
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.
Gullfoss , 64°N 20°W .
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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.
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.
Friday July 2015; Flúðir; NIKON D7100; Exposure: 0.5 sec at ƒ / 11; Focal length: 21 mm; Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6; ISO: 400
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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
Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the left and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, is at right angles to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
Gullfoss | Suðurland (South Iceland)
Gullfoss (the 'golden falls' ) is one of Iceland's most iconic waterfalls. It's situated in the Hvítá canyon where the river, which has travelled down from the Langjökull glacier, cascades 32m in two stages into the Gullfossgjúfur canyon. The photo was taken on a very dull grey day during our first trip to Iceland.
One of Iceland's most visited and most accessible attractions, early in the morning I was the only visitor there, Having stayed at the only accommodation nearby, 2 hours later there would easily be 100 people there.
Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland.
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Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the left and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, is at right angles to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
The most known waterfall on Iceland from its most know viewpoint. Thanks to the spray of water from the falls the hillside is almost like green velvet.
By the time I got to the iconic Gullfoss (Icelandic: Golden Falls) it was cloudy and late so I tried it in monochrome. I bought a variable neutral density filter for the trip to get long waterfall exposures and used it here. I didn't really like the filter though - It was hard to control the setting and I think I would have been better off with a fixed nd filter.
Some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullfoss
The mighty Gullfoss, Iceland, pre-dawn.
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The Gullfoss is not exactly my favorite waterfall - it disappears too inconspicuously into the gorge. I had actually booked the accommodation nearby because I wanted to go to Kerlingarfjöll the evening before. Unfortunately, an early onset of winter thwarted my plans - the Kjölur was already closed and so I couldn't get to Kerlingarfjöll. So I spent the morning at Gullfoss and in connection with the sunrise and the autumn colors, even Gullfoss makes a difference...
Gullfoss . Hvítá . 64°N, 20°W .
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As we first approach the falls of gold, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears the river simply vanishes into Earth.
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.