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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
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    12/07/2018
    Skógafoss falls about 60 meters (197 feet) down a sheer drop in southern Iceland.
    Shaun Hunter
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    12/07/2018
    Despite the sizable crowds, Skógafoss is very scenic.
    Shaun Hunter
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    12/07/2018
    A stairway leads to a viewing platform overlooking the falls, and a trail continues up the Skógá River.
    Shaun Hunter
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    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
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    12/07/2018
    The viewing platform perched over Skógafoss.
    Shaun Hunter
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    12/07/2018
    Skógafoss.
    Shaun Hunter
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    12/07/2018
    One of a series of falls along the river above Skógafoss.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    12/07/2018
    Iceland's Skógafoss.

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