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Woolly Willow (Salix lanata), Svínafellsjökull, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
Woolly Willow (Salix lanata), Svínafellsjökull, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland

Svínafellsjökull ("Pig Mountain Glacier"), Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland

www.iceland-nh.net/plants/data/Salix-lanata/salix_lanata....

The Woolly Willow is a common low shrub which can be found in all heathers both in lowland but also in the highlands and mountains. It is a dioecious shrub. The woolly willow is sometimes difficult to tell from the blue willow ( Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea).

In spring the different colored inflorescenses and the woolly top parts of the leaves of the woolly willow are easy characteristics. However, later on the woolly willow can lose much of the hairs on the top-side of the leaves. The dense haired twigs of the woolly willow than identifies the species.
It is a member of the willow family (Salicaceae).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcVklm7iz9M

Svínafellsjökull is a stand-in for an alien planet in Christopher Nolan's doom-laden sci-fi movie "Interstellar." Instead of spending squillions on CGI backdrops, some scenes were shot at Svínafellsjökull, an outlet glacier from Vatnajökull glacier in Southeast Iceland in 2013.

In the film astronauts played by Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway plunge through a space wormhole in search of an alternative to a dying Earth.

Other movies filmed at Svínafellsjökull:
"Batman Begins" (Scene: Bruce Wayne is dropped off by the side of the road and begins to walk towards a Tibetan glacier.)

Various episodes of "Game of Thrones"

game-of-thrones-filming-locations.silk.co/page/Sv%C3%ADna...
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The glacier is advancing up to 65 meters (213 feet) per year, although summer temperatures melt back two-thirds of that advance.

Friction as the massive weight of ice creeps forward over the rocks below causes new crevasses to open up and old ones to close. Higher up the hillside, where the ice began its journey about 200 years ago, it can reach depths of up to a kilometer. The size of the fissures there make the higher reaches impassable on foot.

A short and easy walk can take you to view this glacier from the side (to view its crevasses and ice polished valley sides) or, alternatively, a walk can be taken amongst the glacier’s terminal moraines.

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Taken on: June 19, 2015
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Woolly Willow (Salix lanata), Svínafellsjökull, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland

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