Geology

Elderhostel Geology Reykjavik Snaefellsnes

Iceland

 

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the fault line where the North American
and European plates meet
(they are slowly separating)

 

a steam through the rocks

 

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a falls where water is flowing from between two lava layers

 

the  Gullfoss falls

 

watching hydrothermal activity

 

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a geyser

 

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just after eruption

 

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eruption just starting

 

 

Hot Springs

 

the countryside

 

fields and farms

 

Icelandic horses

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Elderhostel Geology Reykjavik Snaefellsnes

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