Mix an abundance of snow and ice in the highlands with young, erosion-resistant basalt, and you get a gazillion waterfalls. As Peter Boehringer puts it, as many falls as grains of sand in New Mexico. A few are particularly notable (and popular), including Seljalandfoss, shown here. Its height and a shallow cavern behind it provide a multitude of angles from which to appreciate its beauty and compose photos. We were lucky to catch it on a partly sunny day with a wonderful sun angle, producing a memorable rainbow. Numerous gulls use the cliffs on either side of the falls for nest sites in May. (#3)

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