Near the edge of Lake Myvatn is a geothermal area where steam and boiling water come up from the earth below. While the water boils on the surface at 100 Celsius, only one kilometre below, due to the higher pressure, the temperature is 200 Celsius (~400F). Hydrogen Sulphide gas is produced at these temperatures and rises with the steam to infuse the atmosphere with a rotten eggs smell. Sometimes this place is referred to as the sulphur flats or sulphur springs.
Do you usually stop and read the signs? I don’t, it would take away from the limited time I have to take pictures. However, I sometimes take a picture of them so that I can read them later or share them with other interested people like you. Once there was a sign with several panels and many people taking pictures of them. I rudely just walked in front of the sign with my video camera on my shoulder, excused myself, and kept on walking. Wouldn’t it be simpler if we all could capture all of the information of a large information poster just by walking past it?
Speaking of walking, we had to walk from where the bus parked all the way to the sulphur flats. We were not allowed a lot of time. When I am taking pictures, there is never enough time.
My leg was hurting a bit from the long hike I did the day before up to Hengifoss waterfall so I chose not to walk on the acidic stinky mud and avoided the steaming sulphur facial.
Thanks to a telephoto lens, I was able to capture some of the colours in the salty crust from the observation platform.
