The place in pictures

Images

The canyon as it actually looks — moss walls, the two falls, the birds, and the view back over the sandur to the sea. No filters beyond Icelandic weather.

Múlagljúfur canyon mouth in sunshine, Hangandifoss falling into the gorge with the sandur and sea beyond — The classic frame — both falls with the Atlantic behind you.

Hiker dwarfed by the moss-covered spires inside Múlagljúfur — Spot the hiker, lower left. The walls run to roughly 400 metres.

View from the rim down the braided river to the sandur and sea, a fulmar overhead — The walk out — braided meltwater, black sand, one fulmar.

Múlafoss dropping into the canyon head under low fog — Múlafoss under fog — the fall most visitors never reach.

Hangandifoss as a thin ribbon in fog, the trail visible along the near slope — Overcast is not bad luck here — it is when the greens go deepest.

Lush green gorge with the river threading between moss walls — Mid-July, peak moss.

Rock pinnacle rising from the canyon bowl, layered basalt walls behind — The bowl below the main viewpoint.

Close detail of a moss and lichen covered rock pinnacle — The moss takes decades to grow. Boots undo it in a season — stay on the path.

Down-canyon view of the river running out to the coastal plain — From the upper rim, the whole journey is visible below.

Pink heather flowering among crowberry on the canyon rim — Heather in bloom, late summer.

Steep green gorge walls with the meltwater river below — Two kilometres of this.

Wide view of the canyon in fog with Hangandifoss on the far wall — The east wall, where the fulmars nest May–August.

Photography: Syrio and J24N via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. The landowners' own photography is coming as the seasons allow.

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