Golden Circle - Geysir
September 24, 2007
Post eruption... I do have a video of the whole thing (the 2nd time).
- Geysir: this is the hot spring where the name Geyser comes from. Who would have thought such a famous word came from this remote country? Oh well, Geysir was on the way to Gullfoss, but when I passed by there was nobody and I didn't see any eruption around so went to the falls first. Coming back, I parked in the lot of the Geysir Hotel right in front and walked towards the geyser area. There were lots of holes with boiling water and steam. So I waited, and other people came and waited... and waited... and waited... Maybe I'm not patient, but those things take some time. So I walked around and finally one of them erupted. I took a picture and some videos and waited till it erupted a second time. It was impressive, the water level lowers before the very brief "explosion"... it was just interesting, but it was time to move on. I had to return to Reykjavik and hurry towards Husavik before it got too dark.
