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Svartifoss ("black falls") is one of the highlights of Skaftafell National Park, which lies at the edge of the largest glacier in Europe. The park itself is green, featuring scrub trees (a relative rarity in Iceland) and other greenery. This is in stark contrast o the surounding landscape, which at the time of my visit was still rocky and lifeless. In October 1996, a volcano erupted under the ice northwest of the park. For about a month, nothing happened, Then in November, the glacial ice lifted, and a massive flood of melted glacial ice, ash, and sand (called a "jökulhlaup") effectively sandblasted everything in its path until it reached the ocean. The resulting weasteland, over 20 miles wide in areas, is called the Sandur.
On this chilly September morning (the white along the base of the rocks on the left is ice), I had the falls all to myself. I rather enjoyed the interplay of light on the wall with the shadow, though in retrospect I think I'm just lucky the falls didn't get underexposed on my slides! |
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I like the exposre on this, Christian. Good job. I almost went to Iceland, one time, when I was in the Navy long ago before I became a Christian.