Clouds of steam rise from bubbling pits on the pocked landscape.
It smells like Beelzebub is venting a batch of burned hard-boiled eggs from his sizzling subterranean scullery far below our hiking booted feet.
Gunnuhver, named after “Gunna,” Guðrún Önundardóttir, the ghost that haunts Iceland’s largest hot springs, fits the bill for this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge: A journey to the unknown.
I wonder if the average Icelander finds their homeland’s geothermal activity to be less fascinating than it is to me. No matter, though. I love bubbling cauldrons, especially ones that exhibit the forces of nature and, at the same time, contain a soupçon of lore and mystery, don’t you?
Particularly when,
with a little patience,
things that are well hidden
reveal themselves to you
proving to be a colorful palette of wonder and awesomeness
❤ Iceland ❤
Add it to your bucket-list.
You will not be disappointed.
And if you are interested in the ghost story behind the geyser, here it is:
🙂 Thank you for stopping by today 🙂
Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner 
Great post for the challenge and I love the little tale behind the geyser, makes it all the more “out of this world”
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Thanks, Maggie!
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I hear there’s a very good writer’s conference in Iceland as well as a bunch of amazing knitters. Add those reasons to bubbling cauldrons on the landscape and it does look mighty appealing. I read an Icelandic mystery novel a long time ago but darned if I can remember the author’s name. It was a good book, though! Why were you in Iceland? Is it part of your ambition to visit circumpolar countries?
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Is this the one you’re thinking of, http://www.icelandwritersretreat.com ? Would be very cool for sure. The stopovers in Iceland in 2016 on my way to and from the dogsled trip in Greenland was simply a pleasant surprise. I’d never really thought about visiting. Lot’s to do and see though, for sure.
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Yes, that’s the one. Looks interesting, eh?
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Sure does! Something to save up for…
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Those photos are magnificent, Donna!!
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Thank you, Lyn! It’s an extraordinary place.
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Loved my brief visit there and its on my return list. And closer to home, Yellowstone is pretty cool (hot) as well. Ironic that I got to Iceland before Yellowstone. Very evocative photos, thanks!
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Yellowstone is definitely still on my list. Thanks for stopping by today, Steph! AND thanks for the ‘follow’ 🙂
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Iceland is one of the most wonderful places to visit. Definitely try Yellowstone for the same effect but closer to home.
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Will do. Thanks for the suggestion!
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