The Fissure and Lake Silfra itself look like any other lake, in terms of water colour from outside. But once you immerse your face to see below the surface the contrast is unbelievable. The water is so blue it is quite surreal, looks like waters from the carribean, but even clearer! The water temperature is between +2 and 0 degrees... more
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Thingvellir National Park
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We ended up visiting Thingvellir three times during our stay, First Fissure Snorkelling in Lake Silfra, then to see the Northern lights and finally as part of the Golden Circle tour. The park is incredibly beautiful, with mountains, canyons, waterfalls, lakes and much more. The highlight of our visits to Thingvellir was definately fissure snorkelling. The water looks just like... more
Thingvellir National Park
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Oct. 19, 2009--We visited Thingvilir this week. It was eye-opening to see where the European tectonic plate and the North American plate are being formed and to realize that there had been more than 400 earthquakes the week before ( all 3.2 on the Richter scale or less). At this time of the year it was very cold in the... more
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