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Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
An informational sign near the parking area.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Approaching Goðafoss.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Goðafoss in the late fall.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
The water’s source lies in Vatnajökull.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Hardened lava outcroppings stick out into the falls.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
The water cuts through a massive lava field called Suðurárhraun.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
People standing on a rock outcropping.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
People taking pictures along the bank in the summer.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Walking around the western bank in the late fall.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
A low sun over the falls in late fall.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Goðafoss drops 12 meters.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
The water rushes around the rocks.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Looking upstream on the Skjálfandafljót.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Goðafoss is nicknamed "Beauty."
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
A rainbow bridges the waterfall in the summer.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
A rainbow at sunset in the summer.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
A plaque on the rock.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Across Skjálfandafljót to the eastern bank.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Viewing platform on the eastern side.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
07/26/2017
Downstream to Geitafoss.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
10/20/2013
Bárðardalur, the surrounding valley.