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Aldeyjarfoss is surrounded by an amphitheater of basalt columns.
Architecture formed by Trolladyngja and Fjarborg over 9,500 years ago.
Bent columns indicate moving lava as it cooled.
Bárðardalur, the surrounding valley
Looking upstream on the Skjálfandafljót.
Looking downstream on the Skjálfandafljót.