Merian - Island – Sasse Dörte (2017)

Iceland, the island of fire and ice, is still undergoing the process of geological shaping of the Earth's surface. On the Vestmannaeyjar islands, in the inhospitable lunar landscape around the Askja volcano, or near the Krafla volcano close to Lake Mývatn, a young layer of lava covers the ground. Explosions of molten magma in the Earth's interior have created craters with circular ramparts, crater rows, and table volcanoes hidden beneath glaciers on the island's surface. According to seismologists, at least one volcano erupts in Iceland every five years. The last was Hekla in the south of the island, which in February 2000 prepared a monumental fireworks display, erupting from a seven-kilometer fissure. At the same time, one-tenth of Iceland's surface is covered by glaciers. The Vatnajökull glacier itself is larger than all the Alpine glaciers combined. Its lakes are warmed by underground volcanic activity, thus protecting them from freezing again. From fire and ice, a third element characteristic of Iceland emerges – water. You will find it here in all three states: liquid, gas, and solid. Unimaginable amounts of water from melting glaciers roar in the summer in the narrow canyon of the 'Golden Waterfall' Gullfoss, cascading from the steps of the mighty Dettifoss or Svartifoss waterfalls, lined with basalt...