After stopping at Thingvellir National Park, we pressed on to one of Iceland's most iconic natural attractions -- Gullfoss.
The falls have two distinct drops that total around 105 feet. The cascade is so powerful that the spray reached all the way to the lower overlook I was at, and I couldn't keep up with the water droplets covering my lens filter. I tried to remove a lot of them using
Lightroom, with so-so results. But with the rainbow, I couldn't just discard this shot.
A shift to another overlook provides a more dramatic look at the second -- and larger -- of the two drops.
The path on the left that goes right to the edge of the falls was unfortunately closed due to ice.
The upper overlook provides a distinctly different view of the "Golden Falls," but their force is still evident.
Low sun, and people on the overlook to provide a sense of scale? Yes, please!
My heartfelt thanks go to
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, a local farmer’s daughter who campaigned to protect the falls from plans to harness them for hydroelectric power in the early 20th century.
Only on the second day of our trip, and we'd already seen so much!
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