LEIRHNJÚKUR
An easy path that leads to the volcanic site of Leirhnjukur where we find beautiful pots with a strange bubbling at the edge
An easy path leads to the volcanic site of Leirhnjúkur. At the edge of large pools with green water, there are beautiful pots with a strange bubbling sound and the colour and smell of sulphur. Right next to it, we enter a volcanic area still active. Several important fissural eruptions took place there, notably between 1977 and 1984. The last lava flows, still hot and smoldering, extend into the distance, covering an area of 36 km². It is advisable to stay on the marked paths because the lava is brittle and sharp.
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On accède rapidement aux marmites de soufre et aux premières coulées de lave.
Possibilité de faire un grand tour d'1h30 si vous avez du temps.
Bien rester sur le sentier, il y a encore de la fumée qui s'échappe du sol.
Une courte balade vous amène au milieu de cette coulée de lave qui s'est crée durant les éruptions du volcan Krafla en 1984. le chemin assez accidenté passe à côté de solfatares, puis ensuite chemine dans un chaos de roches volcaniques multicolores couvertes par endroit d'épaisses couches de mousse. De nombreuses fissures laissent encore échapper des fumeroles attestant que depuis le temps l'activité géothermique est toujours présente.