Downstream from the famous cascade Godafoss, eyes often miss the stark beauty of the Skjalfandafljot River, its beautiful, glacial blue waters slowly carving a canyon through hard basalt deposits common to the entirely igneous geology of the island. As long as this channel doesn’t get filled by more lava—an uncertainty for certain—the river eventually will cut a gorge several hundred feet deep, to near sea level.
Fossholl, Iceland (22 Aug 14) Looking NNE
65.6866, -17.5414Skjalfandafljot River: Rock Cutting
Downstream from the famous cascade Godafoss, eyes often miss the stark beauty of the Skjalfandafljot River, its beautiful, glacial blue waters slowly carving a canyon through hard basalt deposits common to the entirely igneous geology of the island. As long as this channel doesn’t get filled by more lava—an uncertainty for certain—the river eventually will cut a gorge several hundred feet deep, to near sea level.
Fossholl, Iceland (22 Aug 14) Looking NNE
65.6866, -17.5414