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01.07.2009 © Erik Aaseth

Markarfljót

The glacial river Markarfljót is approx. 100 km long, and drains a 1070 km² catchment area around the western parts of the Mýrdalsjökull and Eyafjallajökull glaciers.
Then it passes the Þórsmörk area, and flows full of sulphur, dirt and silt towards the Icelandic SW coast. The lone hill in the middle is called Hákollur.
EDIT 2010: This is where the main flood from the Eyafjallajökull volcano eruption in April 2010 bursted out to sea.

Olympus E-3 ,Olympus Zuiko 7-14mm f/4 Digital ED
@7mm, F9.0, 1/160s IS, ISO 100, EV -0.3, handheld full exif

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