[Leica] Iceland

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

Don & Ric,

Thanks very much. It’s easy when the subject matter has a built-in Wow! factor… Seljalandsfoss was my favorite falls in 2019 and it was again this trip. The winds were calm in 2019, so I got to see both aspects of it.

—howard

> On Jun 28, 2021, at 6:33 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> What Ric said.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 5:24 PM Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>> First an Iceland waterfall by Q2, now a waterfall by iPhone 12. This is
>> Seljalandsfoss, a 200’ falls coming off an escarpment a few miles from the
>> south coast. Like most falls in the country, it’s fed primarily by glacial
>> meltwater. This one happens to be fed by the glacier Eyjafjallajökull, on
>> the volcano known by the same name which played hob with transatlantic air
>> traffic in 2010.
>> 
>> Its height and comparatively low flow rate make it picturesquely
>> vulnerable to the coastal winds off the North Atlantic. It’s quite possible
>> to get drenched on the path 100’ from the bottom of the falls. We did.
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/IS+for+Gallery/Seljalandsfoss.html
>> <
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/IS+for+Gallery/Seljalandsfoss.html
>>> 
>> 
>> iPhone 12 Pro Max, ultrawide lens, cropped.
>> 
>> 
>> —howard
>> 
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