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Gullfoss is among the most impressive waterfalls in Iceland. It is located in southwest Iceland, in a canyon of the Hvítá River. It includes a three-step staircase into a crevice that spans 105 feet in height. This image was made in late afternoon as the sun and water spray produced a double rainbow about the falls.
An old shot from last year's trip to Iceland, preparing ickle bro for October's return trip :)
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The freezing waters of the waterfall located in the canyon of the river Hvita in south West Iceland.
One of the most photographed waterfalls in Iceland must be Gullfoss. I was there for about 30 min and in that time me and my friend estimated that more than 1000 pictures had been taken by the people there. So you can just imagine how many pictures this is a year.
But this day i was a tourist in my own country and had the camera and all just like the rest of them.
Enjoy your weekend my friends :)
Lower tier of Gullfoss (Golden Falls) on the Hvítá River, SW Iceland. Due to its closeness to Reykjavik, it is one of Iceland's most popular falls.
Just above the falls at Gullfoss ("Golden Waterfall"), an iconic waterfall in Iceland on a river fed by Iceland's second largest glacier. The water plummets more than a hundred feet in two stages into a rugged canyon with walls up to 230 feet high.
"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 right 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, extends perpendicular 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. [...]
During the first half of the 20th century and some years into the late 20th century, there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland. Even after it was sold, there were plans to utilize Hvítá, which would have changed the waterfall forever. This was not done, and now the waterfall is protected.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson was determined to preserve the waterfall's condition and even threatened to throw herself into the waterfall. Although it is widely believed, the very popular story that Sigríður did save the waterfall from use is not true. A stone memorial to Sigriður, located above the falls, depicts her profile." (Wikipedia)
The waterfall is pictured on many postcards in beautiful sunshine, accompanied by a rainbow.
This is how it looks without the sunshine.
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"Seine durchschnittliche Wasserführung beträgt etwa 109 m³/s, im Sommer etwa 130 m³/s. Die bisher größte Flut betrug 2000 m³/s.
Der Wasserfall rauscht über zwei Stufen (11 m und 21 m hoch). Die beiden breiten Kaskaden stehen etwa in einem 90°-Winkel zueinander. Das Wasser stürzt in eine Schlucht, die vom Wasserfall bis zur Verbreiterung zum Tal 2,5 km lang ist und eine Tiefe von 70 Metern erreicht.
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Dass es diesen Wasserfall noch gibt, ist dem Einsatz von Sigríður Tómasdóttir vom nahegelegenen Hof Brattholt zu verdanken, die um 1920 gegen den Bau eines Elektriziätswerks am Wasserfall anging. Eine englische Gesellschaft hatte den Wasserfall gekauft, die einen Staudamm errichten und Elektrizität gewinnen wollte. An Sigríður, die schließlich mit Hilfe des Rechtsanwalts und späteren Präsidenten von Island Sveinn Björnsson durchsetzte, dass der Wasserfall an den isländischen Staat ging, erinnert eine Hinweistafel aus Stein in der Nähe des Wasserfalles.
Ein Projekt von 1977, das 2444 Gigawattstunden pro Jahr Strom hätte liefern sollen und drei Viertel der Wassermenge abgezweigt hätte, wurde ebenfalls abgelehnt.
Der Wasserfall gehört nach wie vor dem isländischen Staat und steht seit 1979 unter Naturschutz." (Wikipedia)
Der Gullfoss ist auf ungeheuer vielen Postkarten in strahlendem Sonnenschein dargestellt. Im Idealfall mit Regenbogen.
So sieht er aus wenn die Sonne nicht scheint.
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Gullfoss is one of the most popular waterfall 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". The crevice, about 20 metres wide and 2.5 kilometres in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 140 cubic metres per second in the summer and 80 cubic metres per second in the winter.
As one first approaches the falls, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears that the river simply vanishes into the earth.
Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.
黃金瀑布(Gullfoss)又譯為居德瀑布、古佛斯瀑布，發源自冰島西南部的Hvítá白河，是冰島最壯麗、最著名的瀑布之一。
Hvítá白河發源自朗格冰川(Langjökull)；河流跌落32米，歷經兩級階梯，最終匯入峽谷，塑造了黃金瀑布這座壯觀的雙層瀑布。黃金瀑布與辛格維利爾國家公園、蓋歇爾間歇泉地熱區共同組成了冰島最受歡迎的旅行景區——黃金圈。
黃金瀑布分為兩層，我們也可將其視為兩座瀑布。第一層也即較短的一層瀑布高約11米，第二層瀑布高約21米。瀑布兩側的峽谷岩壁聳拔70餘米，一線傾斜後又與開闊的Gullfossgljúfur峽谷相接。據地質學家推算，峽谷的形成歷史可追溯至末次冰期的冰川洪流。
Info: guidetoiceland.is
Gullfoss is located in the canyon of Hvítá river which has its origin in the glacier lake Hvítávatn. 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 deep. The crevice, about 20 m 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.