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Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. 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 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.
Beautiful, but probably my least favorite of Iceland's waterfalls. Bu I guess anything would be a disappointment after Seljalandsfoss.
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Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
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, and is now protected.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson, was determined to preserve the waterfall's condition and even threatened to throw herself down. Although it is widely believed, the very popular story that Sigríður saved the waterfall from exploitation is untrue. A stone memorial to Sigriður, located above the falls, depicts her profile
Gullfoss (la chute d'or) est une succession de deux chutes d’eau d’Islande situées sur la rivière Hvítá. Son nom provient de l'arc-en-ciel que l'on peut souvent voir au-dessus par beau temps. D’une hauteur de 35 m et d'une largeur de 70m, elle se trouve à quelques kilomètres du site de Geysir et forme avec celui-ci et Þingvellir le « Cercle d'or ».
Pour l'échelle, une personne se tient debout en arrière plan.
The Icelandic road trip continued with a pause at the heavily visited but no-less impressive Gullfoss. One of the world's great waterfalls.
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The Gullfoss Falls are located roughly 70 miles (110 km) east of Reykjavik (pronounced Ray-ka-vik) and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland. There are several 'stair-steps' before the main drop which is 105 feet (32 meters) into a crevice, making the waterfall (from this side) appear to vanish into the Earth. During the first half of the 20th century and a little beyond the falls were almost used for hydroelectric power which would have permanently changed them. Fortunately it didn't happen and they're now protected.
Gullfoss means Golden Falls. We saw it on the Golden Circle Tour, which maybe explains the Golden part of the Golden Circle, but still leaves the question of circle open.
The movement and sound of this clip convey the incredible force of the spectacular waterfall of Gullfoss in south-west Iceland. The river Hvítá, flowing southward, falls in two distinct 'steps', the second one (at the bottom of the picture) into a deep narrow gorge.
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Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") is a waterfall located in the canyon of the HvÃ-tá river in southwest Iceland.
This is the Gullfoss waterfall in Iceland. This one was a bit scary to walk to it. It had power coming from it that made me stop and say - do I want to get any closer to this monster.
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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.
Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an amazing waterfall on the Hvítá (White) river, which is fed by Iceland´s second biggest glacier, the Langjökull. The water plummets down 32m in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70m in height.
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This big falls called Gullfoss is located in the Golden Triangle consisting of Geysir, Pingvellir National Park and Gullfoss.
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") 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.
As one first approaches the falls, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears that the river simply vanishes into the earth. -Wikipedia
Upon arrival in Iceland we were met by news that the winter's first storm was scheduled to sweep across Iceland over the following week. With it, came 14m/s+ winds, dust storms, and harsh conditions. But, it also made for beautiful photography, fresh dustings of snow, and a proper taste of Iceland's harsh but magnificent weather.
These photos were taken over a 7 day, 2,000km road trip along the South East and Eastern Fjords.
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The impressive falls at Gullfoss in Southern Iceland. The overall drop of both falls 31 meters, the water then flows along the Gullfoss gorge for around 2.5 Km's at a depth of up to 70 metres.