Barnafoss í Skjálfandafljóti - a photo on Flickriver

Djúpá river (on the right) joins the glacial river Skjálfandafljót as it plunges down in Barnafoss waterfall near the abandoned farfm Barnafell.

According to legends, young and brave men jumped across its narrowest parts. During prolonged subzero periods, the spray creates an ice arch across the river above the waterfall and sometimes a rope was strung across the river there to quicken this development. Flocks of sheep were driven over that bridge to graze on the Thingey Island between the two branches of the river.

In 1925, the housewife of Barnafell and her son slid helpless on the iced ground down the slope from the farm and hung on for dear life on the brink of the canyon just below the waterfall. The older son witnessed this and ran to bring together all the ropes he could find and tied them together. He then roped himself down to his mother and brother and rescued them. Two years later, he received an honorary acknowledgement from the Andrew Carnegie Fund.
www.nat.is/barnafoss-2/

Taken on: July 31, 2020

Tags:

Iceland

Skjálfandafljót

river

Waterfall

glacial river

Þingey

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Sets appears in: • Icelandic landscape and nature • Northern Iceland - Norðurland

Groups appears in: • Hiking • Iceland. more » • Walking In Nature • north of 60 • - I LOVE NATURE - • Flickr Nature • Beautiful Iceland • Deep North « less

Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/8.0, 1/60 sec, 18mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Picasa
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