Námafjall Hverir geothermal area exhibits a great collection of mud pots, vents, and flows. The sulphur smell is strong, but on a windy day you can avoid the worst of it. Temps in and around the zone runs 80°-100°C, but in typical Icelandic fashion, there’s one warning sign and a few ropes to protect the idiots from themselves…
Wish this was a 4-D blog so you could catch a whiff!
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| Mars anyone? |
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| Sulphur accumulation on one of the sulphuric smokestacks. Iceland used to mine sulphur for gunpowder. |
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