Draining across a low hot spot, a creek flowing from Strokkur geyser and adjoining hot springs boils and splashes skyward into the late-afternoon sunshine, and against the dark background of a rare patch of Icelandic forest. Zooming into the scene yields an antediluvian effect harkening to imaginations of Earth’s inhospitable infancy.
Haukadalsvegur, Iceland (11 Aug 14) Looking WNW
64.3114, -20.3015Scalding Splash
Draining across a low hot spot, a creek flowing from Strokkur geyser and adjoining hot springs boils and splashes skyward into the late-afternoon sunshine, and against the dark background of a rare patch of Icelandic forest. Zooming into the scene yields an antediluvian effect harkening to imaginations of Earth’s inhospitable infancy.
Haukadalsvegur, Iceland (11 Aug 14) Looking WNW
64.3114, -20.3015