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Gullfoss: Don’t Fall In
The day before we visited Gullfoss (on July 20), a massive and powerful waterfall within a few hours’ drive of Reykjavik, Iceland, a man fell in. I can easily envision this happening, as I was carefully watching my step on wet slippery rocks alongside a steep grassy hillside leading to the falls. That day, I thought to myself, “you don’t survive a fall into Gullfoss.” The 22-year-old man’s body was found miles down the Hvita River nearly a month later. This sad incident is a safety warning to all future visitors.
You can see a line of visitors walking the path to get a close look at Gullfoss, as it crashes into a crevice in the foreground.This vantage point shows the crevice where the cascade thunders downward. For scale, notice the tourists in the upper right of the photo.
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Great pictures, Cathy. You chose great angles to accentuate the scale. Every time I see a picture of these falls I’m reminded of the opening of the movie Prometheus.
Great pictures, Cathy. You chose great angles to accentuate the scale. Every time I see a picture of these falls I’m reminded of the opening of the movie Prometheus.
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