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One of a series of waterfalls at Dynjandi in the Westfjords, (the biggest of which is very big indeed). A nice place to visit in a quiet part of the country.

Iceland, August 2010
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=SilverVulpine Jul 26, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Marvelous! :)
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*derek-k Jul 26, 2011
:D Thanks for adding it to your favourites.
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=SilverVulpine Jul 27, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
You're welcome. :)
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!GrumpyDiver Jul 24, 2011
Nice waterfalls. Did you get the Hraunfossar, near Reykholdt? [link]

It's not your traditional waterfall (no river feeding it) ; it's a set of springs that are almost one km long that tumble down rocks.
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*derek-k Jul 24, 2011
Thanks! Yes, we did go to Hraunfossar; it's unique all right. Almost has the look of Dynjandi, but is still different. I don't think I got any exceptional photos from the area, but it was a nice place to visit. The country could have been called Fossland instead of Iceland.
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~ragnaice Jul 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I would have liked to keep the first name given to the country which was Snæland, 'Snowland', it sounds so fairy tale-ish :D Anyway, great picture :)
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*derek-k Jul 26, 2011
When was it changed to Iceland? I like Snaeland too, but the "æ" would be annoying to type for a lot of people. I personally love that character but I'm weird. :p
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~ragnaice Jul 27, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
But it would just be translated to Snowland, like Ísland is translated to Iceland :P

The story goes that the first visitor (not a settler), Naddoddur, came from the Faroese Islands and called the land Snowland, then later another, Garðar from Sweden, came and named it Garðar's Island (egotisical much!) and then finally there was Hrafna-Flóki who was a Norwegian viking came and tried to stay over winter but it was so cold that all his sheep died and he got pissed off and left in a huff and harshly named the land Iceland. Mean guy.
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*derek-k Jul 27, 2011
Right, right, yes of course.

Why is it always foreigners who name the place? :(
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~ragnaice Jul 27, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Because they're control freaks ...or there's no one there to do it in the first place :lol:
But it's not always bad. The one who named Greenland 'Greenland' was pretty clever and the one who named some part of N-America Wineland (stupid Columbus for changing that!).
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