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Gudrun club

Posted: 14 Nov 2022

Taken: 04 Aug 2022

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1/640 • f/11.0 • 70.0 mm • ISO 500 •

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EF24-70mm f/4L IS USM

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Nýidalur

Nýidalur
Nýidalur (830m) lies on highland road F26 with Tungnafellsjökull glacier nearby. There are huts with bunk/dorm accommodation run by the Icelandic touring club. We only had our lunch break there and thankfully could use the hut, on two former visits we were shivering on the benches outside...The water in the washrooms is the coldest I have ever experienced!

This part of Sprengisandur highland desert has permafrost, the 1st note shows the polygonal patterns made by ice wedges. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wedge

Frostspalten: lineare Schrumpfrisse in gefrorenem Boden, die durch Kontraktion bei sehr tiefen Temperaturen gebildet werden, an der Bodenoberfläche bilden sie oft ein Polygonnetz. Durch Gefrieren von eindringendem Schmelzwasser werden Eiskeile gebildet.



Yet even in this harsh climate flowers grow:
Bartsia alpina (Alpenhelm)

Silene acaulis (Moss campion, Stängelloses Leimkraut, Lambagras)

Erhard Bernstein, Leo W, Amelia, Buelipix and 30 other people have particularly liked this photo

Latest comments - All (48)
 Gudrun
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Schönen Dank, Alex! Musst bis kommenden Juli warten, vorher macht die Piste nicht wieder auf....
18 months ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
One can see that this is a very exposed position just by looking at the state of the flag. We were suffering from extreme heat at that time, Gudrun, and at that time I couldn't imagine being cold enough to feel comfortable. ;-)
18 months ago.
 Gudrun
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Thanks a lot, Amelia! The heat in our regions and the cold up north are two sides of the same coin, the weather systems were trapped and didn't move for a long time...
The flag reminded me of the flags in Patagonia where the wind also shredded them in record time;-)
18 months ago.
 Leo W
Leo W club
Eine karge und schöne Landschaft
17 months ago.
 Gudrun
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Besten Dank, Leo! Das ist trotz des rauen Klimas faszinierend.
17 months ago.

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