Svartifoss Waterfall Detail

The 45-minute hike to the Svartifoss waterfall meanders through a stunted birch tree forest (forests are rare in Iceland) and ends at a small viewing platform.  I found the area surrounding the waterfall to be quite fantastical due to the hanging black hexagonal columns.  It looks like something out of “Lord of the Rings.”  This is a detail image of the broken hexagonal lava columns at the base of the waterfall.