Waterfalls are everywhere!!! Here's a few and a black sand beach

Due to the tremendous snow-melt and glacial run off, there are waterfalls everywhere. What's the difference you ask? Well, snow melt streams are crystal - I mean, where's the water? kind of clear. Glacial run off is cloudy due to the glacial silt suspended in the water.

On either side of this waterfall, you see some rectangular-box like features. These are basalt columns that were a result of one of the many volcanoes that built Iceland.
A shot from afar at the falls and basalt formations.
Emily and Ann in front of one of the glacier fields.

The river coming off that glacier.

Sheep are one of the very few forms of animals. We saw very few birds, except along the coast; no mammals beside sheep and Icelandic horses; almost no bugs or no amphibians that we could see.

Another waterfall coming off the barely visible snow field behind this mountain.


Quick snap of a rolling falls along the road.

Emily and Evan take a break at the top of another waterfall. It's fun to throw rocks into the lower pool.
This is a snow melt waterfall. The next pic doesn't really capture the clarity of the water, but, notice the absence of silt color.

OK, not a waterfall, but a cool black sand beach - another testament to volcanic history!Some cool rock features off the black sand beach. Are we in Japan!!??

Another waterfall, wending its way to the sea, from a 'too distant to see' snow field.
This is Gullfoss , the largest falls in N.Europe. Truly an impressive falls to see. It's a glacial, silt filled river. The gray color in this pic is pretty accurate.