Dettifoss is Europe's most powerful waterfall and, in our opinion, the most impressive one in Iceland. It is situated right in the middle of nowhere in Jökulsárgljúfur national park. The spume it produces can be seem from 1km away.


dettifoss

Route, pictures


Jökulsá á Fjöllum canyon
Jökulsá ... Fjöllum canyon

Jökulsá á Fjöllum canyon
Jökulsá ... Fjöllum canyon

Dettifoss seen from the Eastern bank
Dettifoss seen from the Eastern bank

Dettifoss again (I)
Dettifoss again (I)

Dettifoss again (II)
Dettifoss again (II)

Water running down the western bank of Dettifoss
Water running down t...rn bank of Dettifoss

Dettifoss again - it really impressed us
Dettifoss again - it really impressed us

Rainbow at Dettifoss
Rainbow at Dettifoss

The spume was heavy...
The spume was heavy...

Rocky landscape near Dettifoss and two hikers
Rocky landscape near...ifoss and two hikers

Looking downstream from Dettifoss%27 eastern bank
Looking downstream f...tifoss' eastern bank

Close to the edge of Dettifoss waterfall (I)
Close to the edge of...tifoss waterfall (I)

Close to the edge of Dettifoss waterfall (II)
Close to the edge of...ifoss waterfall (II)

Basalt formations in the canyon (I)
Basalt formations in the canyon (I)

Basalt formations in the canyon (II)
Basalt formations in the canyon (II)

Heading towards Selfoss and looking back to the edge of Dettifoss
Heading towards Self...he edge of Dettifoss

River Jökulsá á Fjöllum
River Jökuls&aa...aacute; Fjöllum

Selfoss - half an hour%27s walk upstream from Dettifoss
Selfoss - half an ho...tream from Dettifoss

Selfoss
Selfoss

Martina and Svea contemplating the beautiful Selfoss waterfall
Martina and Svea con...l Selfoss waterfall

Thilde and Martin exploring the surroundings of Selfoss and approaching the edge of the waterfall
Thilde and Martin ex...dge of the waterfall

Selfoss is not that high but still impressing
Selfoss is not that ...but still impressing


Photo album generated by album from MarginalHacks on Fri Aug 20 09:00:58 2004