2020-10-27

Landmdannalaugar – Highlands│ Iceland Landscape Photography

Documenting Iceland

by: Rafn Sig,-

 

English below:

Landmannalaugar eru staður í friðlandinu Fjallabak á hálendi Íslands. Það er við jaðar Laugahrauns, sem myndaðist í eldgosi um árið 1477. Það er þekkt fyrir náttúrulega jarðhita hverina og landslagið í kring.

Landmannalaugar eru sannarlega sjaldgæft svæði, bæði jarðfræðilega og fagurfræðilega samanstendur af vindhvöddum ríólítfjöllum, bergtegund sem skapar fullt litróf af töfrandi litum í fjallshlíðinni. Skuggar af rauðu, bleiku, grænu og gullgulu breyta allir um tón, halda sér í takt við sólargeislana og skapa svæði víðernis sem líkist engum öðrum stað á jörðinni.

Landmannalaugar eru fyrst og fremst þekktar fyrir náttúruleg jarðhitaböð og þess vegna ber nafnið „Laugir fólksins“. Landmannalaugar hafa um aldir þjónað sem skjól og hvíld fyrir þreytta ferðamenn sem nota þessar róandi lindir til að slaka á eftir þreytandi skoðunarferðir.

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Landmannalaugar is a place in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.

Landmannalaugar is a truly rare area, both geologically and aesthetically is made up of windswept rhyolite mountains, a rock type that creates a full spectrum of dazzling colors on the mountainside. Shades of red, pink, green and golden yellow all change their tone, keeping in movement with the . . . all info at: https://www.patreon.com/RafnSig

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