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Is it ? It is WAterfall Wednesday! Also a link to a free post on my Patreon about it

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Still Waters

February, and on the Laxá ("Salmon") river, ¹Þórufoss has frozen almost solid.

16m (54ft) tall and with a width of up to 30m (100ft), this lovely falls is easily accessible at any time of year.

Höfuðborgarsvæðið (Greater Reykjavik) in south-west

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A photo of a snow scene containing a frozen and snow-covered river surrounded by icy, dark rock. In the centre of the scene is a vertical drop covered in icicles which have frozen together to form a coating, which has then been powdered with snow on the horizontal ledges. Behind these ice formations is actually a waterfall, but none of the flowing water is visible in this shot.
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    In Summer And In Winter

    In terms of height this lovely falls is relatively small, with only a gradual 6m drop, but it stretches across the mighty Þjórsá river. It's the country's most voluminous waterfall at 360m³/s even though the water volume has been diminished by ≈ 50% because of the 5 hydroelectric dams built upstream.

    Urriðafoss ("Trout Falls") in Flóahreppur, southern .

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    The same waterfall photographed from approximately the same position, but this time in winter. The road bridge is still visible, but the rocky banks are covered in icicles and the gravel banks have become icy clutter. Chunks of static ice are clogging the river but there is still clear evidence of strong water flow. The sky is overcast again, and the riverside vegetation is now brown and withered.

    A photo of a riverside with green grass and wildflowers along the banks. The shore is rocky and the river, which is flowing towards the viewer from the centre of the shot, has small rocky islands and gravel banks dotted through it. In the distance is a road bridge, with a curved arch support beneath it. The sky is overcast but the diffuse light is strong, suggesting summer. There are patches of white water in the river.
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    Cold Feet

    February: Visiting a frozen waterfall in the Highlands of with a guide, and he led one of our party across the knee-deep snow to a safe viewpoint. I wasn't confident enough to follow them!

    Hrafnabjargafoss is only really accessible in summer, because it is located on a highland road that is closed to the public in the winter months. Even in summer, it can only be reached safely in a 4WD vehicle.

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    A photo of a snow- and ice-covered landscape, under a solid grey sky. The foreground is a snowfield with dark rocks poking through, around the base of the rocks the wind has scalloped the snow showing the depth. The horizon is a similar line of dark rock and snow. In the centre of the shot are two figures, dressed in dark clothing, standing near - but not dangerously close - to the edge of a drop. Just behind them a partially frozen river is running in from the right, and on the left it breaks over the drop. Part of a waterfall is visible, and columns and organ pipes of snow-covered solid ice where the falls has frozen.
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    Plunge Pool

    This was one of the first times we'd visited gorgeous Seljalandsfoss, and we discovered when we arrived that we were almost the only visitors at that time. Imagine that - the whole place to ourselves.

    The little figure in a black coat on the path to the 61m/200ft falls is me!

    September, Rangárþing eystra in southern .

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    A photo taken from a high viewpoint of a landscape containing a lovely horsetail waterfall dropping into a deep plunge pool. The water is white all the way down to the point where it meets the pool, and a fan of spray and white water shows the force at which it strikes the surface. The hillsides around are green with vegetation, and there is a path leading along the side of the pool towards a cave at the back of the drop. On this path is a small figure in a black coat, demonstrating scale.
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    Canyon Cascade

    There are some lovely and quite famous valleys in southern , this one is unusual because the entrance is blocked by a large, dome-shaped rock.
    Stjórnargljúfur (𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙖𝙬𝙣-𝘢𝘳𝘳-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘷𝘳𝘳) gulley also contains a river and its waters cascade beautifully over this block.

    Stjórnarfoss waterfall (49 ft/15 m high) in Skaftárhreppur. The guy in the shot is my partner!

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    A photo of a landscape, the foreground is rough stones and gravel leading to a river near the centre of the shot. The background is the walls of a canyon, shaped into odd large lumps and bumps, and covered in green vegetation. On the right is the mouth of the canyon, blocked by a large rounded rock over which a river is flowing. On the left, and providing scale is a photographer in a blue jacket, trousers and hat.
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    Summer And Winter

    This is Gluggafoss, the "Window Waterfall". A slab of near-vertical rock interrupts the drop of the water, causing it to bounce from one face to the other.

    The little concrete bridge across the river Þórðará at the bottom right is still functional, although it doesn't look it!

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    Another photo of the same waterfall, this time in winter. The water flow is less, the grassy banks are now brown and gold but everything else is very similar, except that there are no visitors this time.

    A photo of a waterfall in summer, with white water dropping from the top of a grassy green bank. There are three actual drops - one is visible at the top of the shot, one in the centre and the final one almost at ground level. In the foreground on the right is a small road bridge across the water flowing away from the falls, a car parking area is next to it and one vehicle is parked near the waterfall. A few people can be seen climbing a gravel path and steps along one side of the drops, giving the scene scale.
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    Forked Tongue

    October: Hjálparfoss in its autumn colours.

    Literally the "Help Waterfall" because travelling by horse across the Highlands via Sprengisandur was long and difficult, and this was one of the first vegetated areas they reached to water and graze their horses.

    The geology surrounding the falls is fascinating, the eruptions of nearby Hekla have left beautifully twisted basalt columns all around.

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    A photo of a landscape with a lovely waterfall at the centre. In the distance are bare hills of multi-coloured rock, with some sparse vegetation. The foreground is brown grass and mosses, with a gravel path laid neatly down to the edge of the falls' turquoise pool. The cascade itself has two crests as the flow is being split by a large rock stump between them. The walls on either side of the waterfall are tortuously twisted columns of rock, fitting together like a natural 3D puzzle. There are people standing on the left of the falls, and another is walking along the gravel path. It's deceptively large.
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