Iceland has spectacular volcanic geology and neat hydrothermal systems created by this volcanism.
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Strokkur geyser -- erupts every 3-4 minutes (at least during our visit).
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Strokkur (right) and the Great Geysir (left). Geysers get their name from this geyser -- Geysir erupts about twice/day.
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Hekla volcano. Most recent eruption was in 2000. This is the only volcano in Iceland to erupt calc-alkaline lavas.
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Rootless cones -- these form when lava flow over wet or frozen ground. They resemble small cinder cones, but the source of the erupted material is the lava flow on which they sit.
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Waterfall through jointed basalt. The step occurs at the contact between the lava flow (top) and hyaloclastite (bottom). See Lamb et al. (2008) for a brief discussion of these types of landforms.