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Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
No photostream of Iceland is complete without a couple of these...
Gullfoss, waterfall in all it's autumn glory. Ok, it was actually winter, but the lack of snow sure makes it feel like autumn.
This is a straight shot with a wide angle lens, a round of post-editing with the Gimp and a frame to emphasize the scale of things.
The double cascade of Gullfoss is Iceland's most spectacular waterfall, and relatively accessible on the "Golden Circle" tour. The weather was very changing, going from bright sunshine over the falls (with accompanying rainbows) to dark gloomy skies.
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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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.
Source: Wikipedia
Another one of gullfoss. This was the best angle I could find! Not only was I close, but somehow the spray wasn't bad there (it was soaking pretty much everywhere else). I used a 10 stop filter to get rid of the tourists coming down the path.
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.
Source: Wikipedia
Our hotel was right at Gullfoss, so I walked over there one night around 10:45PM and shot a bunch of photos to make this HDR shot. This was also shot with a fisheye lens.
A group of people watching the mighty waterfall Gullfoss located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland
Gullfoss, Iceland
The titles that came to mind when naming this work were not able characterize the immensity of the scene. Given this, the only suitable title was the name of the waterfall itself: Gullfoss.
A waterfall in Iceland fed by the Hvítá river, which runs down from the Langjökull glacier. The water flows down into a huge canyon after this and apparently they suspect it was formed by glacial flooding near the end of the last ice age.
Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) waterfall of Iceland in winter. The water plummets down 32 meters in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70 meters in height.
Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an iconic waterfall of Iceland offering a spectacular view of the forces and beauty of untouched nature. Gullfoss is part of the Golden Circle tour, located in South Iceland on the Hvítá (White) river which is fed by Iceland´s second biggest glacier, the Langjökull. The water plummets down 32 m (105 ft) in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70 m (230 ft) in height.
July 3, 2018 - "Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an iconic waterfall of Iceland offering a spectacular view of the forces and beauty of untouched nature. Gullfoss is part of the Golden Circle tour, located in South Iceland on the Hvítá (White) river which is fed by Iceland´s second biggest glacier, the Langjökull. The water plummets down 32 meters in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70 meters in height. On a sunny day shimmering rainbow can be seen over the falls.
Gullfoss is more than just a pretty waterfall, it has a story to tell. In the early 20th century foreign investors wanted to harness the power of Gullfoss to produce electricity. In 1907 Howells, an Englishman wanted to buy Gullfoss from Tómas Tómasson, a farmer who owned Gullfoss at this time. Tómas declined Howells´ offer to buy the waterfall but later he leased it to him. The farmer´s daughter, Sigriður Tómasdóttir who grew up on his father´s sheep farm sought to have the rental contract voided. Sigriður using her own saving hired a lawyer in Reykjavik to defend her case. The trial lasted years and Sigriður went several times barefoot on traitorous terrain to Reykjavik to follow up on her case. She even threatened to throw herself into the waterfall if the construction would begin. Her attempts failed in court but before any damage was done to the waterfall the contract was disposed due to the lack of payments of the rent fee. The struggles of Sigriður to preserve the waterfall brought to people´s attention the importance of preserving nature and therefore she is often called Iceland´s first environmentalist.
In 1940 the adopted son of Sigriður acquired the waterfall from Sigriður´s father and later sold it to the Icelandic government. Gullfoss and its environs was designated as nature reserve in 1979 to permanently protect the waterfall and allow the public to enjoy this unique area."
Previous text is from the official website of the waterfall: gullfoss.is