More Iceland Photos

 Hi everyone. Happy weekend. 

I'm back with some more Iceland photos from day 3 of the trip. We're still in the northeast area of the island, near Lake Myvatn. I liked this area, and I wish I had planned to spend more time here.  If I ever get back to Iceland (and there are so  many other interesting places to see in the world so returning to Iceland is not  on the top of my list), I would try to get back to this area.

Let me start with a couple of more waterfalls. We almost missed these because we didn't notice the sign. Then we saw 2 tour buses turn off onto a dirt road heading across the lava fields. We figured if tour buses were going that way, then there must be something good to see. We turned around and followed them. Smile.

It was almost a kilometer walk in from the parking area. This photo shows us getting close to the first waterfall.

Dettifoss is the second most powerful waterfall in Europe. And it did not disappoint.

There was another route that we missed which would take you to the other side of the river and falls with better viewing. Oh well, we still saw enough of the falls to be satisfied. Below you can see a viewing platform you can walk up onto. The  view was much better up there.

You can see the people on the other side. I don't like heights, so that other viewing side looks a little precarious to me.

Then if you continued along the trail loop, you could visit a second waterfall. Dettifoss is known as the Beast.  Selfoss is known as the Beauty.

To get there we passed some interesting rock formations. 

And here is Selfoss.

Here's more rocks on the way back towards the parking lot. I liked all the rock piles as you can probably guess. 

Looking back toward Dettifoss the spray coming up reflected a cool rainbow. We were almost back to the parking lot to get this view.

Our next stop,  just down the Ring Road from the waterfalls turn off,  was this interesting geologic area.

I'm glad we stopped here, but on the other hand, having been in Yellowstone last September, this area wasn't quite as exciting as I'd hoped.  (But it did make some interesting photos.)

In my next Iceland post I will share some photos from the discovery of a set of trails across the road from the hotel where we stayed at in Myvatn (which is  also the general area where all of today's photos come from). That walk may not have been quite as dramatic as any of today's post's photos, but was a favorite walk of mine.

Enjoy the start of your weekend.