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Recrossing the lava field back from Kirkjubæjarklaustur and it's got snow on. We just missed the snow ourselves the previous evening.
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We're at Laufskálavarða where a farm was destroyed by lava. It is traditonal that on your first visit here you bring a rock and put it on a pile for good luck.
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Nice view
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The farmers use convenient caves to build their sheds against, saving them materials.
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Glass and turn dome in Hvolsvöllur
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An Icelandic horse
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The River Hvítá
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Outside the shop at Geysir. A little elf and a great Icelandic viking.
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Arctic foxes
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A steaming pool
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The ground is coloured from the deposits from the hot water
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Someone's built a little house over a thermal pool
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Litli-Geysir or Little Geysir. It bubbles and boils.
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Strokkur.
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Strokkur goes off every few minutes, sometimes two or three times in quick succession
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It forms a mound just before going off.
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The hole which can be seen after it goes off has 2 rings, the inner ring or hole appears to be pretty deep - it takes quite a while to refill
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I quite liked taking photos of this, as it was a challenge of timing.
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This time it went off 3 times in quick succession. Also, take a look at Ganesh's movies.
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This is Blasi, it's a still pool with hot steam and incredibly clear water so that you can see the mineral deposits.
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An obligatory shot of Geysir itself, which is currently dormant but can be triggered by the addition of soap.
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Gulfoss waterfall - Gulfoss means "golden falls". It's cloudy so no rainbow. The falls are on 2 levels, then the river runs down a gorge.
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Note the icicles.
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The lower falls
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The upper falls
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Away along the road, we spotted some more horses. Actually, there were horses frequently along the route, but with few places to stop and photograph them.
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