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The spectacular Gullfoss "Golden Falls" is Europe's most powerful waterfall. Rainbows are frequently seen on sunny days in the huge amount of spray that the falls generate.
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") waterfall is one of Iceland's numerous beautiful waterfalls.
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Gullfoss - the 'golden falls' located in South West Iceland.
I haven't been using Flickr much at all lately but decided to do a mass-update of my Iceland collection. You can find more of my work on my website at www.craigholloway.net
The freezing waters of the waterfall located in the canyon of the river Hvita in south West Iceland.
Gullfoss is a massive waterfalls in the “Golden Circle” east of Reykjavik. The day we were there, it seemed that every thing was frozen. The flow was very small. The lower level where you can get closer to the waterfalls was close due to icy stairs. Later on, we saw something quite rare, at least for us, the moon at the East and the Sun at the West above the horizon…it was pretty cool to see. I got to tried my in camera double exposure where I shot the moon with my longest zoom and then the waterfall at the widest end. Near by is Strokkur is where you can see Geysir, a medium size geyser that would explode every 8 to 12 minutes and sometimes a double explosion a big one followed by a smaller one. .
I wasn't going to post this photo because it's just a midday tourist snapshot, without even a rainbow (despite the spray and favourable sun position), but I am posting it anyway because Gullfoss is such an awe-inspiring waterfall, because some viewers may never have seen a photo of it before, and because Gullfoss deserves to be in every collection of Iceland photos! (The Flickr map of Iceland is not accurate enough to precisely locate even such an important landmark!)
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 32m deep. The crevice, about 20m 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.
As one first approaches the falls, the crevice is obscured from view, so that it appears that a mighty river simply vanishes into the earth. [from Wikipedia]
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Gullfoss waterfall, one of Iceland's largest cataracts, near Pingvellir National Park. I recently returned from an 11 month journey to 22 countries around the world. Iceland was our first stop, and I am hard at work editing images from the trip.
Here's the exceptionally-green-in-summer Gullfoss waterfall. It is located off the Ring Road in Iceland. You have the option of many vantage points with this one; upper trail, lower trail and natural viewing platform. Lower platform is most fun, but bring a rain jacket.
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Gullfoss (chute d'or) est une chute de faille située sur la rivière Hvítá en Islande. Son nom provient de l'arc-en-ciel que l'on peut souvent voir au-dessus de ses eaux. Celles-ci se sont frayé un chemin dans une fissure de la couche de lave et y ont creusé des gorges sur 2, 5 km. Elle comprend deux paliers, la chute supérieure a 11 m de haut et l'inférieure 20 m (toutes visibles ici), soit 31 m en tout sur une largeur de 70 m. Son débit est en moyenne de 100 mètres cubes par seconde, mais peut atteindre 20 fois plus en période de crue.
Merci Paul pour cette autre photo vue de haut :
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Gullfoss 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.
As one first approaches the falls, the crevice is obscured from view, so that it appears that a mighty river simply vanishes into the earth.
Source: Wikipedia
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The freezing waters of the waterfall located in the canyon of the river Hvita in south West Iceland.
I have a few travel tips in Iceland here goo.gl/Cdsvf, just as well as show the original photos and describe how I used an ND filter to get the water like silky hair.
Gullfoss meaning Golden Falls is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.
It was very difficult to take photographs here as the spray was incredible and I had to constantly clean the filters. Shortly after I took this one, it began to snow and the whole scene was covered in a mist of snow and spray!