Too much snow - a photo on Flickriver

Too much snow

            In the months before going to Iceland I had really looked forward to going to the Fjadrargljufar Canyon. Not because Justin Bieber made a video there, but because "the canyon has steep walls and winding water. It is up to 100 m (330 ft) deep and about 2 kilometres long". I had no idea how to pronounce its name but officially it is pronounced ˈfjaːðraurˌkljuːvʏr̥. I bet that helps? "It's near the village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur". Bet that interests you? Well, what really hooked me was some of the drone footage, which is fantastic.

"Its origins dates back to the cold periods of the Ice Age, about two million years ago". Wasn't it always cold in the Ice Age? That's what Wikipedia says, but who writes this? "The canyon was created by progressive erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks and palagonite over millennia. A waterfall flows down the western side of the canyon, visible from an observation platform at the end of a one-mile hike up the eastern edge. In May 2019, authorities closed the canyon to visitors after it appeared in a music video by Justin Bieber. The resulting stream of visitors threatened to damage the canyon's environment"

Well we neither saw Justin Beiber, the winding water or much evidence of the canyon as it was covered and full of snow, as I think my photo adequately shows. There are a few small figures walking where the edge is above, but photographically in these conditions it was a dud.

Taken in: Iceland / South / Kirkjubaejarklaustur (show map)

Taken on: March 16, 2020

Tags:

Fjadrargljufar

Canyon

islande

snow « less

Sets appears in: • Iceland March 2020

Groups appears in: • Iceland. • visit the world - the travel guide more » • Travel Photography • Europe in Pictures • Paisajes del mundo/World Landscapes • Iceland - Landscape • Official National Geographic Group « less

Camera: Nikon D750, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2 (Windows)
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