2020-11-15

Skaftá River – South │ Iceland Landscape from Air

Documenting Iceland

by: Rafn Sig,-

 

English below:

Mér hefur alltaf fundist eitthvað heillandi við þegar þessar stóru jökulár líða niður sandinn til sjávar. Skaftá er enginn undantekning. Aflið er gríðarlegt og aurinn sem þær bera með sér mynda oft hin ótrúlegustu munstur sem einnig er gaman að mynda. Ég gat ekki staðist að setja drónann á loft þennan fallega morgunn í haust blíðunni.

Skaftá er jökulá í Vestur-Skaftafellssýslu á suðurhluta Íslands. Lengd hennar frá upptökum til ósa eru um 115 kílómetrar. Skaftá er blönduð á, jökulá með lindaráhrifum . Upptök hennar eru í tveimur kötlum í Skaftárjökli, svokölluðum Skaftárkötlum en þar eru jarðhitasvæði undir jökulísnum. Skaftá liðast um hálendið sunnan við Langasjó og niður á milli hinna miklu eldstöðva Lakagíga og Eldgjár. Eftir Skaftárdalnum hlykkjast áin niður á láglendið og rennur sunnan við þorpið Kirkjubæjarklaustur á leið sinni til sjávar. Jökulhlaup eru tíð í Skaftá en þau eiga upptök sín í Skaftárkötlum

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I have always found something fascinating when these large glacial rivers run down the sand to the sea. Skaftá is no exception. The power is enormous and the mud they carry often forms the most incredible patterns that are also fun to photograph. I could not resist launching the drone this beautiful morning in the autumn bliss.

Skaftá is a glacial river in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla in the southern part of Iceland. Its length from source to estuary is about 115 kilometers. Skaftá is mixed with a glacial river with a spring effect. Its source is in two boilers in Skaftárjökull, so-called Skaftárkatlar, where there are geothermal areas under the glacier ice. Skaftá flows through the . . . all info at: https://www.patreon.com/RafnSig

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