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The mud pools and steam vents on the southwest part of Reykjanes.

The area is close to Reykjanes lighthouse and is collectively named Gunnuhver a...
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The mud pools and steam vents on the southwest part of Reykjanes.

The area is close to Reykjanes lighthouse and is collectively named Gunnuhver after a female ghost that was laid there. She had caused great disturbance until a priest set a trap for her and she fell into the spring. This happend about 400 years ago.

The mud pools form where steam from boiling geothermal resevoir water emanates and condenses and mixes with surface water. Accompanying gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide make the water acid. This causes alteration of the fresh lava rock to clay.

i was out exploring last night and ended up on Reykjanes ,great sunset at Gunnuhver ,crazy to see how it explodes and puffs out the massive steam ,this is close to Reykjanesviti which was my next stop .
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Jun, 2015

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Beautiful capture!

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Very nice color contrasts and really like the composition.

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An incredible scene so intense and vivid with saturated colors, it almost seems other-worldly.

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