2020-12-16

Mælifell volcano at Fjallabak Syðri │ Iceland Landscape Photography

Documenting Iceland

by: Rafn Sig,-

English below.

Eldfjallið Mælifell er í jaðri Myrdalsjökuls á Mýrdalssandi. Þetta er eldfjallakeila sem samanstendur af ösku og storknuðu hrauni. Fjallið varð til í einu af fjölmörgum gosum sem urðu undir íshettu Myrdalsjökuls áður en hann hopaði. Fjallið byrjaði að myndast undir jöklinum fyrir um 10.000 árum og er nú umlukið ám sem renna m.a. frá honum. Mælifell er hin fullkomna keila og gnæfir 200 m yfir sléttunni. Það er þakið mosa sem er ein fárra plantna sem getur vaxið í þessari eyðimörk.

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The Maelifell volcano on the edge of the Myrdalsjökull glacier, Iceland. This volcanic cone is made up of ashes and projections of solidified lava in the south of the island and  created by one of the numerous eruptions that occurred beneath the ice cap of the Myrdalsjökull glacier before it detached itself. The Maelifell volcano was . . . all info at: https://www.patreon.com/RafnSig

 

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