Askja

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About Askja

"The caldera, Askja, in the DyngjufjC511 central volcano, is among the most remarkable geological formations. The Dyngjufjöll mountain, formed mostly by sub-glacial eruption, with Askja being formed at the end of the Ice Age in a major eruption that emptied the magma chamber underneath, causing the roof of the magma chamber to subside. Askja is still quite active, with its foundation gradually sinking. In 1875, an immensely powerful eruption occurred at the present site of the lake, Oskjuvatn. During 1922 to 1929 several small eruptions occurred and one more recently in 1961. In the 1875 eruption, the crater Viti (Inferno) was formed in a single explosive eruption. Water has accumulated in the crater and its temperature is about 300C, depending on the amount of melt-water discharging into it." This text is taken from this website: whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1612/

I have only once been there and took several pictures on my Olympus mju 400 digital camera. I will most certainly go there again with a SLR camera to get better pictures.

I establish this group because Askja is one of the best places in Iceland to take pictures and I´m very curious to see others pictures from that area.