Iceland’s resilient beauty- hot springs in the plain
At Hveravellir—literally “hot springs in the plain”—thin terraces of geyserite precipitate from the water as it cools. A notorious 18th-century outlaw, Fjalla-Eyvindur, stayed warm here for years, stealing sheep from summer pastures. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
The image is “in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands April 24th.”
source National Geographic
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