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Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Parking for Skógafoss is in a large gravel parking area a short walk from the falls.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Skógafoss falls about 60 meters (197 feet) down a sheer drop in southern Iceland.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Despite the sizable crowds, Skógafoss is very scenic.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
A stairway leads to a viewing platform overlooking the falls, and a trail continues up the Skógá River.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Once making up Iceland's southern coastline, the land that has emerged from the receding coastline is visible from the climb.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
The viewing platform perched over Skógafoss.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Skógafoss.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
One of a series of falls along the river above Skógafoss.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
12/07/2018
Iceland's Skógafoss.