Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa with 37–39 °C (99–102 °F) mineral water
Iceland’s Old Faithful — The Great Geysir in the Haukadalur valley blows off steam approx. every 5 minutes
Golden Falls (Gullfoss)
Glacial water is brownish, since it carries lots of sediments that the glacial ice has carved off the earth. Gullfoss is called the “Golden Falls”, since on a sunny day the water plunging down the three step staircase and then tumbeling in two steps down into the 32m deep gorge looks golden.
Golden Falls — fed by a huge glacier
First Parliament — reconstructed buildings — established at Þingvellir in 930 — citizens still dislike their politicians
Renewable sources—geothermal and hydropower provide effectively all of Iceland’s electricity and around 85% of the nation’s total primary energy consumption — oil is imported for the fishing fleet and vehicles.
Geothermal Electric Power Generation Plant
The tectonic plates which grind against each other formed Iceland. The Eurasian tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate have created crevices all over the country.
The Tectonic Plates have created ditches — stand on one side in North America and the other Europe
The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Pound for pound they are the strongest breed in the world. Although the horses are small, at times pony-sized, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. Icelandic horses are long-lived and hardy.
Icelandic horses originally came to Iceland on Viking ships
