Gljúfrabúi waterfall | a beauty hidden away below steep cliffs

By Luís Ascenso – Imported from 500px (archived version) by the Archive Team. (detail page), CC BY 3.0, Link

Gljúfrafoss or Gljúfrabúi (“one who lives in the canyon”) is a 40 meter (131 feet) high waterfall partially  hidden behind a huge cliff which faces out towards Iceland’s South. Hikers can follow a trail to enter the narrow canyon where the water plummets to a small pool.

By Tiffany Bailey from New Orleans, USA – Gljúfrabúi, CC BY 2.0, Link

By Tiffany Bailey from New Orleans, USA – Gljúfrabúi, CC BY 2.0, Link

By Tj Holowaychuk tjholowaychukhttps://unsplash.com/photos/lXcftpas8gc, CC0, Link

By Eric Marchese [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons

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By Kpalion/Flickr

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