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Thin white streams of water pouring over dark wet rock streaked with orange and green, with lush bushes and moss growing along the top edge.

Close up of Hraunfossar

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Martine van der Ploeg

Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Hraunfossar are the waterfalls of the lava field Hallmundarhraun, and for hydrogeologic point of view a prime example of fracture flow. Instead of a plunging river, the water from the Langjökull glacier suddenly appears at the Hraunfossar over a length of 900 m., thus providing a habitat for many small trees and plants.

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Biogeosciences Field Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Hydrological Sciences

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Credit: Martine van der Ploeg (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 5.8 MB Aspect 3:4 Width 3672 px Height 4896 px Brand Panasonic Model DMC-TZ60 Exposure 41 mm f/5.6 1/320 s ISO 500 Coordinates 64.7020, -20.9796 Tint Dark purplish gray Published 28 February 2017 Taken 24 August 2016

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