Today we visited Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Reynishverfi and Sólheimajökull (waterfall, waterfall, black sand beach and glacier) - or as I like to call everything, Herda, gurda skoga foss - inspired by the Swedish Chef of course.
Strap on your crampons and helmet, grab your ice pick and follow the leader up the glacier - Sólheimajökull glacier that is. (Nicknamed Mordor by the guides) This glacier is huge, we hiked up it - it took about an hour to reach the top. To give you an idea of scale, there are people in the upper left of the photo that look like tiny red dots. All of the black is ash from previous volcanic eruptions. The ash collects in holes, then acts like an insulator - allowing the ice to melt around it - creating these pointy ice hills on top of the glacier
The Skógafoss waterfall is one of the biggest waterfalls in the country - 82 feet wide with a drop of 200 ft. We had to climb a bunch of stairs to get to a landing - this was Dave's first picture, then the rainbow disappeared - there was a guy up there for 2 hours waiting for the rainbow and he missed it - just lucky I guess.
The waterfall was a location for the filming of the Marvel Studios film Thor: The Dark World, as well as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.