The July 2007 WG 2.8 meeting took place in Nesjavellir, Iceland at the Fosshotel Nesbud. Olin, Norman, Simon, and I spent another day at the end of the meeting exploring Thingvellier National park, Geysir, and Gulfoss.
Geothermal power plant in Nesjavellir
View towards the lake
A bunch of us on a hike Sunday morning to avoid jet lag
Steve Zdancewic
The water temperature of the stream was almost 100 degrees C.
The valley was very Myst-like
Hot-water pipe flowing to Reykjavik, 27km away
Mark surveys the valley
“Trampoline” observation platform
Pipe from geothermal tap to powerplant
Steve on the platform
Bubble, bubble
The smell of sulphur was everywhere
Pools in the hills above Hotel Nesbud
Steaming stream
Waterfall on the circuit hike
More steam
Interesting colors for a rock
Geodesic hut above a tap point
There were lots of interesting birds
The mid-atlantic rift
President’s cottage at Thingvellier
The famous geo-cache location
The water was very clear
A small rift
Another rift
The mid-atlantic rift from a distance
The water was very inviting for a swim
You could see all the way to the bottom of the lake.
The rocks were all covered with a very soft moss.
Ropy rocks
Another view of a rift
The waterfall at Thingvellier
Steaming pit at Geysir
Kathleen and Norman
Simon in the hills above Geysir
Simon and Kathleen
Kathleen
Kathleen with the Geysir
Olin with the Geysir
Simon with the Geysir
Kathleen and a hot spring at Geysir
Olin and the really blue pool
The geysir blew roughly every 8 minutes. Very hot!
The glacier as seen from Gulfoss
Gulfoss waterfall
Olin and the waterfall
Kathleen
The spray from the waterfall makes a rainbow.
The end of the rainbow
The waterfall flows into a deep chasm.
There is a lot of water
A view from on high
A small rock sculpture overseeing the waterfall
