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The mineral rich waters produce some wonderful rich and vivid colours as it leaches across the surface of the ground. Source: highlanderimagesphotography.com/2016/05/26/geothermal-activity-in-iceland-geysers-mud-pots-fumaroles-power-plants-hot-springs

The mineral rich waters produce some wonderful rich and vivid colours as it leaches across the surface of the ground. Source: highlanderimagesphotography.com/2016/05/26/geothermal-activity-in-iceland-geysers-mud-pots-fumaroles-power-plants-hot-springs WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTO UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO ITS PAGE.

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE.

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE.

Geysir is a hot spring in the geothermal area of Haukadalur Valley.

Zeiss Biogon 21mm f/2.8 ZM WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTOS UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO THEIR PAGE. Though Geysir itself is rarely active these days, Haukadalur Valley boasts a plethora of hot springs and geysers, including the powerful Strokkur, Smiður and Litli-Strokkur. Strokkur is, arguably, the country’s most famous hot spring, shooting vast jets of boiling water from 20 metres (65 feet) up to 40 metres (130 feet) high. Strokkur erupts every five to ten minutes. Source: guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/geysir

WITH A CLICK ON THE PHOTO UNDERNEATH YOU CAN GO TO ITS PAGE. Geysers, fumaroles (also called solfataras), and hot springs are generally found in regions of young volcanic activity. Surface water percolates downward through the rocks below the Earth's surface to high-temperature regions surrounding a magma reservoir, either active or recently solidified but still hot. There the water is heated, becomes less dense, and rises back to the surface along fissures and cracks. Sometimes these features are called "dying volcanoes" because they seem to represent the last stage of volcanic activity as the magma, at depth, cools and hardens. Fumaroles, which emit mixtures of steam and other gases, are fed by conduits that pass through the water table before reaching the surface of the ground. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), one of the typical gases issuing from fumaroles, readily oxidizes to sulfuric acid and native sulfur. This accounts for the intense chemical activity and brightly colored rocks in many thermal areas. Source: pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/geysers.html