Godafoss Waterfall Iceland II
by Joan Carroll
Title
Godafoss Waterfall Iceland II
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
Godafoss, a spectacular waterfall in northern Iceland, means ‘waterfall of the gods’. The gods must have been angry the first time we visited: the wind was blowing about 25-30 m/sec, which doesn’t sound too bad until you convert it to mph (56-67 mph) at which point it sounds downright scary! But, crazy tourist photographers that we were, we were determined to try to take some photos anyway. Being blown over by the wind twice should have stopped us in our tracks, but….it didn’t! Naturally we wanted to go back a second time when the wind had abated, and we could appreciate the beauty. To view the falls, you can hike up the ‘left’ side (opposite) where the walkway was groomed and easily navigated, or the ‘right’ side which was snow-and ice-covered. Naturally we chose the ‘right’ side. Sometimes the snow was crusted over and other times you broke through up to the hip. Then you picked your way over a field of big ice chunks to arrive at this viewpoint. Here we were somewhat enveloped by the mist from the waterfall, seemingly rising up all around us. The waterfall flows over a 30-meter wide horseshoe-shaped rock that rises in the center separating the waterfall in two. One part is about 9 meters and the second 17 meters high. According to legend the Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði made Christianity the official religion of Iceland in the year 1000. After his conversion Þorgeir threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall. Thus did the waterfall derive its name.
FEATURED PHOTO, Amazing Landscapes group, 2/6/20
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joan carroll, waterfalls, europe, power, rock, stream, nature, powerful, river, travel, landscape, myvatn, flow, natural, spray, landmark, white, mountain, cascade, icelandic, flowing
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Johanna Hurmerinta
Congratulations. You are featured in ARTISTS NEWS group. Welcome to the group promos, if you have time. Best rgds Johanna
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Joan Carroll
thank you Karne for the feature in the NATURE LANDMARKS LANDSCAPES WILDLIFE group, 5/12/19
Dawn Currie
Joan , Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Long Exposure and Night Photography ” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
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