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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.
Der wohl schönste Wasserfall Islands ist der Gullfoss. In zwei Kaskaden stürzt der Gletscherfluss Hvíta 31 Meter in die Tiefe. Er liegt im westlichen Teil der Insel direkt am Fuße des Hochlandes.
Gullfoss is a huge waterfall - from this angle you can't really see how far the lower cataract drops.
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 ("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)
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。
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La bonita y fotogénica cascada de Gullfoss, en el rio Hvita - parte del Circulo Dorado - A unos 129 km de Reikiavik - Islandia - agosto 2023
Collection: Icelandic and Faroese Photographs of Frederick W.W. Howell, Cornell University Library
Title: Gullfoss.
Date: ca. 1900
Place: Gullfoss (Iceland)
Medium: collodion print
Repository: Fiske Icelandic Collection, Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Accession: 1923.2.37
URL: http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/howell/intro.asp
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/62d6
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This is a four shot pano of Gullfoss from above. I used the Tokina AT-X 16-28 f2.8 Pro at f 9 and 26mm. The folks give perspective along with the fact that there aren't really any guard rails. Lawyers must be in short supply in Iceland.
Literally every day we were in Iceland we saw a rainbow. Living in Los Angeles rainbows are a rare anomaly, so this was a fun aspect of the trip. Of course the highly variable weather played a big part in this, but many of the rainbows we saw were caused by the mist of large waterfalls.
And that is the case here, as the mist from the massive Gullfoss waterfall created rainbows that came and went with the swirling mists. This is just a portion of the much larger falls.
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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. .
De Gullfoss is een waterval in de Hvítá (Witte rivier) in Zuid-IJsland. Het is een van de mooiste watervallen van IJsland en is gemakkelijk (per auto) te bereiken.
De Gullfosskloof
Het water valt in twee trappen, die min of meer haaks op elkaar staan, 32 meter naar beneden in een kloof die ook weer geheel haaks op de tweede trap staat. De trappen worden gevormd door harde lagen basalt die worden afgewisseld door zachtere materialen. Deze afzonderlijke lagen zijn ook goed in de wanden van de kloof te herkennen. De kloof is meer dan 70 meter diep, 20 meter breed en 2,5 kilometer lang. De Hvítá is een gletsjerrivier die echter ook door regen wordt gevoed en kan grote hoeveelheden water vervoeren (50–110 m³/sec in de winter tot 100–180 m³/sec 's zomers). Het in de kloof neerstortende water zorgt vrijwel altijd voor een grote hoeveelheid stuifwater dat, als de zon erop schijnt, prachtige regenbogen veroorzaakt. Daaraan dankt de Gullfoss zijn naam: Gouden waterval. Het is mogelijk om helemaal tot aan de rand van de waterval te komen waarbij het donderende geraas overweldigend is. Als het steile pad (dat alleen met een dun touwtje is afgezet) in de winter beijzeld is, kan dat echter een hachelijke onderneming zijn.
Aan het begin van de 20e eeuw wilden buitenlandse investeerders de Hvítá indammen om een waterkrachtcentrale te bouwen. De eigenaars van de Gullfoss, Halldór Halldórsson en Tómas Tómasson, wilden de grond echter niet verkopen, waarna de speculanten achter hun rug om rechtstreeks en met succes zaken met de IJslandse overheid gingen doen. Tómas' dochter Sigríður Tómasdóttir zou helemaal naar Reykjavik zijn gelopen om hun zaak te bevechten. Het populaire verhaal gaat dat zij zich in de waterval zou storten als de bouw van de krachtcentrale door zou gaan. Hoewel de bouw om andere redenen nooit is begonnen, staat er wel een stenen gedenkplaat ter herinnering aan deze dochter boven aan de waterval.
Op IJsland is er nog een andere waterval die Gullfoss heet.
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 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.
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.
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.[1]
Together with Þingvellir and the geysers of Haukadalur Gullfoss forms the Golden Circle, a popular day tour for tourists in Iceland.
Gullfoss appears on the cover of the album Porcupine by the British band Echo and the Bunnymen. Additionally, the falls are referenced in the novella, The Odd Saga of the American and a Curious Icelandic Flock;[2] during a dinner, Snorri expresses a preference for Gullfoss, while Dr. Gustafsson favors Glymur.
Gullfoss features in the music video for the single "Heaven" by the band Live. During the video a young man and a young woman separated by the Hvítá river exchange written messages carried on rocks that they throw to each other over the river and the falls. At the end of the music video the young man attempts to swim across the Hvítá river downstream from the Gulfoss. His young lady friend is so horrified by seeing him being washed down the Hvítá river that she also jumps into the river in order to help him. They then float down the river holding onto each other.