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Gullfoss (Golden Waterfalls) - Iceland

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The Golden Waterfalls (Gullfoss) are situated in the upper part of River Hvita. The water cascades down two steps, one 11 m high, and the other 22 m, into the 2,5 km long canyon below. This canyon was created at the end of the Ice Age by catastrophic flood waves and is lengthened by 25 cm a year by the constant erosion. In 1930 and 1948, the river was flooded to the brim of the canyons and both times bridges further down river were swept away. Early in the 20th century the farmer of Brattholt, who owned the water rights of the river contracted them to an English firm for a hydroelectric power station. The farmer’s daughter opposed this and even threatened to throw herself into the foaming water to prevent this accident. She fought bravely alone until a young lawyer, who later became the country’s first president, came to her aid. Together they managed to save the waterfalls and she was commemorated by a monument in the canyon by the waterfalls in 1978.

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  • Fantastic capture!

    said photo of haneveercoremansshots haneveercoremanssh... 1 months 20 days ago

  • You have written very interesting things about this beautiful place

    said photo of rusalce rusalce 8 months 13 days ago

  • nice place

    said photo of mati_khan mati_khan 8 months 20 days ago

  • nice photo

    said photo of mati_khan mati_khan 8 months 20 days ago

  • I love your history lessons, Yair!! This is an AWESOME shot!

    said photo of leckie45 leckie45 10 months 15 days ago

  • Not only is this a great shot, but also the History that goes with it. I love it.

    said photo of mrcoradour mrcoradour 10 months 16 days ago

  • Nice picture.

    said photo of RubyRedone RubyRedone 11 months 11 days ago

  • Such an impressive waterfall!!!And a very interesting story!

    said photo of besch105100 besch105100 11 months 28 days ago

  • Great, I love the vastness

    said photo of rodemicheli rodemicheli 2007.11.17 at 10:06:50 PST

  • Interesting information you have provided. This sort of looks like the top of Niagra falls. it's huge. I had no idea Iceland was so beautiful..I would have never considered taking a vacation there.

    said photo of kellimays kellimays 2007.11.11 at 12:41:02 PST

  • What a courageous woman! All this beauty could have been lost had she not stood up for what she thought was right. Great story Yair, and a beautiful photo.

    said photo of laceydove laceydove 2007.11.06 at 08:25:29 PST

  • this one is one of my favorite.Interesting to read what you write abou the scenery

    said photo of faisca112 faisca112 2007.11.06 at 07:57:00 PST

  • Love the waterfall going into the chasm. So beautiful and dramatic.

    said photo of sclark14 sclark14 2007.11.06 at 07:19:01 PST

  • great!

    said photo of paolagna paolagna 2007.11.02 at 02:52:27 PDT

  • Beautiful powerful.

    said photo of gertsnel gertsnel 2007.10.29 at 13:08:18 PDT

  • what a grandeur.. Wow, and that`s a great story, it`s so wonderful what did that brave lady and that man, I`m so happy they succeeded to protect this fabulous wonder of nature!:) Thank you for sharing it, it`s always a joy to hear about special people who are doing something good!

    said photo of oecolampade oecolampade 2007.10.29 at 09:21:52 PDT

  • So much water! I can't get over the view you are seeing with your camera!

    said photo of dianeaub dianeaub 2007.10.28 at 10:47:21 PDT

  • Great!

    said photo of thegalv thegalv 2007.10.26 at 08:23:11 PDT

  • Really an interesting caption, too

    said photo of lovejoy485 lovejoy485 2007.10.25 at 02:57:58 PDT

  • wow is all I can say

    said photo of busterrr19_ busterrr19_ 2007.10.24 at 11:08:43 PDT

  • what a great story - thanks for that

    said photo of coni_fer01 coni_fer01 2007.10.23 at 20:10:00 PDT

  • very interesting story ... how one man could own the rights to the whole river ... wow

    said photo of mabelscritterart mabelscritterart 2007.10.23 at 18:52:06 PDT

  • Very nice!

    said photo of kentuckyblueman kentuckyblueman 2007.10.23 at 12:40:09 PDT

  • Must have been nice to be there in person

    said photo of enemaria100 enemaria100 2007.10.23 at 10:04:09 PDT

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