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Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
There are two entrances to Grjótagjá.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
People descending into the northern entrance.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
The entrance in the late fall.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
People lining up for photographs.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
Climbing deeper inside for more pics.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
Steam rolling across the water.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
This was popular for bathing until the 1970s.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
Swimming is now prohibited.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Grjótagjá in the summer light.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
People at the entrance in the summer light.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
The southern entrance.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/18/2013
The southern entrance (fall).
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
View from the southern end.