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Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. The research of sinter shows that Geysir has been active for approximately 10,000 years. History of recent centuries shows that earthquakes have tended to revive the activity of Geysir which then subsides again in the following years. Before 1896, Geysir was almost dormant before an earthquake that year caused eruptions to begin again, occurring several times a day, lasting up to an hour and causing spouts of up to 60 metres in height. In 1910, it was active every 30 minutes; five years later the time between the eruptions was as much as six hours, and in 1916, the eruptions all but ceased. [Wiki]
Amazing snap. Lava fall in the middle of the Ice mountain in Iceland. [Source]
Landmannalaugar is like an oasis on the life-little central highland of Iceland. Being at altitude of 500-600m it is remarkably vegetated. One if the most interesting vegetation feature are these cotton grass fields in one of the many wetlands around. [Source]
Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. [Wiki]
Dettifoss is a waterfall located in Northeast Iceland, in Vatnajökull National Park. Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in all of Europe and has an average water flow of 193 m3/sec. The falls are 100 m wide and the fall is 45 m down Jökulsárgljúfur canyon. [Source]

This up to 1000 years old snow has metamorphosed into highly pressurized glacier ice that contains almost no air bubbles. Thus it absorbs the visible light despite the scattered shortest blue fraction, giving it its distinct deep blue waved appearance. This cavity in the glacier ice formed as a result of a glacial mill, or moulin.