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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.
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Gullfoss (pronounced "Gütlfoss") is a waterfall in the Hvítá river in south Iceland. It is one of the most popular waterfalls due to its two stages of 11 m and 21 m that look like a staircase. From a specific point of view, it looks like the water is swallowed by the earth. The average water flow is 140 m³/s in summer and 80m³/s in winter.
Gullfoss forms the "Golden Circle" together with Þingvellir and the geysers of Haukadalur.
This capture has been taken with a ND-filter 3.0 / 1000x to get this flat water effect.
Gullfoss, toponyme islandais signifiant littéralement en français "les chutes d'or", est une cascade d'Islande située sur la Hvítá, dans le sud-ouest du pays. D’une hauteur totale de 32 mètres et d'une largeur de 70 mètres, la chute d'eau comporte deux sauts, un premier de 11 mètres de hauteur orienté est-ouest et quelques mètres plus loin un second de 21 mètres orienté nord-sud à 90° par rapport au premier saut. La chute se situe au début de la Hvítárgljúfur, des gorges d'une longueur de 2,5 kilomètres marquant l'entrée de la Hvítá dans la plaine du sud-ouest du pays lorsque la rivière quitte les Hautes Terres. L'érosion régressive provoquée par la seconde cascade fait que ces gorges s'allongent en moyenne de 25 centimètres par an.
Gullfoss, an Icelandic toponym literally meaning "golden falls" in English, is a waterfall in Iceland located on the Hvítá River in the southwest of the country. With a total height of 32 meters and a width of 70 meters, the waterfall has two drops, the first 11 meters high and oriented east-west, and a few meters further on, a second 21 meters high and oriented north-south at 90° to the first drop. The waterfall is located at the beginning of the Hvítárgljúfur, a 2.5-kilometer-long gorge marking the entrance of the Hvítá River into the plain in the southwest of the country as the river leaves the Highlands. The headward erosion caused by the second waterfall means that these gorges are lengthening by an average of 25 centimeters per year.
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls"; About this sound Icelandic pronunciation (help·info)) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Olfusa river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Ölfusá river 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.
The freezing waters of the waterfall located in the canyon of the river Hvita in south West Iceland.
The Gullfoss Waterfall, which is also known as the Golden waterfall, is the most renowned waterfall in southwest Iceland. This breathtaking beauty is also one of the celebrated natural wonders of the world. It is situated on the Canyon of Hvita River or the White river. The Hvita River has three large steps ending at the spectacular Gullfoss falls. Gullfoss Waterfalls are two separate falls, one above the other. The top one or the upper step is 11 meters high; the other is 21 meters high. Iceland 17.02.2013.
People standing on an outcrop above 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 spectacular waterfalls in Iceland, which really says something in a country full of spectacular waterfalls. I took the normal wide-angle views that show the whole scene, but I ended up preferring shots that only show part of the area, like this one.
La bonita y fotogénica cascada de Gullfoss, en el rio Hvita - parte del Circulo Dorado - A unos 129 km de Reikiavik - Islandia - agosto 2023
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Old Norse) is one of iceland's most frequently visited waterfalls, owing to its proximity to Raykjavik. It carries the waters of the Hvítá River into a canyon in Southwest Iceland.
(6 August, 2017)
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. .
Iceland- Gullfoss
Digital version of an old slide image, made during a one month road trip on Iceland in the summer of 1977. As far as I remember we arrived at Gullfoss in the evening of a cloudy day with the usual islandic drizzle. That made this image grey. Ultimately we chose a campsite in the vicinity of the falls. © Tom Kisjes
The spectacular multi-tiered Gullfoss waterfall. The snow and ice had left their mark, and we couldn't get down the path seen on the left as it had been closed off because of the ice and the wind. You can't see it here, but the wind was incredibly strong and gusting which made it difficult to stand upright never mind take pictures. A day for fast shutter speeds!
As Wendy says, best seen large on black (L)
This is Gullfoss through a a tilt adapter and 50mm lens (100mm on a m4/3rds camera). I had originally dismissed this image as being too washed out from too much mist in the air and on the lens and could not get any clarity or color fidelity. However a few minutes in Lightroom with a B&W conversion, slight toning, some dodging the waterfall's edge, and burning the little people (sorry tourists)...and now this is one of my personal favorites. From trash to treasure.
As you can see the Icelandic government does not rope/fence off their landmarks. They leave it natural with the unspoken sentiment that if you are too stupid to stand right near the edge and fall in, you probably deserve to die anyway.
Taken handheld with a GF1, Nikkor 50mm 1.8D and tilt adapter. I also remember having a polarizing filter on the lens, it was overcast, misty (in the air, on the lens, and on my glasses) and with the distortion caused by the tilted lens, very difficult to manually focus. Got lucky, though.
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
The wide Hvítá river flows 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. (wiki)
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. .
Next stop: Gullfoss. Okay, actually the next stop was Geysir, but the sky was such that all of the eruptions just sort of blended together anyway.
If you squint, you can see people for scale.