Unlike other hot springs, which are mainly water, Hverir is mostly mud. Giant vats of goop would gurgle and bubble as you walked by...it was pretty mesmerizing to watch.
All the colors mixed with the geothermal steam created a very Martian landscape.
Glurp.
We also visited a park in Stakholsjorn, a nature reserve.
The landscape is pocked with "pseudocraters," which formed due to some confusing concoction of steam, lava, and gravity...couldn't quite figure out the details...most of the informational plaques were in Icelandic. I'm sure they were very informative to someone.
It was an amazing park...I don't know that I can really describe it textually, but if you've ever played/seen Flower you will understand.
And just for funsies, here's a gurgling mud pit. Yum.
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