Iceland location where Green Fields, Yellow River, Black Beach and Blue Sea meet

[FelineOverlord]

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[Marrah_Goodman]

1. WOW, that is beautiful!

[msfiddlestix]

2. amazing!

curious thing regarding the yellow color of the river..

stunning photo

[Brother Buzz]

3. Yellow algae is a thing, but....

where I come from we would call that body of water a lagoon, with braided streams feeding it

[calimary]

7. I'm worried about that yellow river. Gotta admit.

[msfiddlestix]

16. are you referring to the Icelandic scenario or Goldworthy's ?

It's been years since I've seen the film, but if I recall accurately enough, it was in a wooded area. I felt like it was in New England somewhere, but not sure about that. His work featured in the film I believe was in Scotland.

[whopis01]

11. The color is from minerals

It is from the volcanic activity nearby

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. I wonder if the pH is anywhere near 7.

Some of the colored water around Yellowstone park are highly acidic. Most pools are alkaline. Volcanic minerals can make water uninviting for a swim.

[whopis01]

15. Not sure - but I probably wouldn't swim in it anyway. n/t

[msfiddlestix]

14. fascinating. reminds me of another image with an artist

actually a sort of nature sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy. Saw this amazing film of him doing his work.

The situation that this photo of Icelandic river brings to mind, is a scene where Goldsworthy is at a running brook, with these red stones at the bottom of the brook. He reaches in picks up a couple of these and begins rubbing them together in the moving water and it produced this astonishing deep red color streaming with the movement of the water.

It was like the color of blood and streamed like it was liquid. In no time, the stream turned from clear water to what looked like a river of blood. I forget the name of the stones, I'm assuming it was a composite iron minerals.

I'm also reminded of the brilliant "other worldly" colors of the lakes in a certain area in Cascades. Teals, and amazing shades of aqua, turquoise. The Glaciers in Alaska produce an amazing array of colors too,

But this yellow river is stunning.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Nice... but I wonder,

who was the real estate agent or developer than named Greenland?

[Harker]

5. That was Erik the Red.

He wanted to attract more Norse settlers. Calling it Frozen Wasteland probably wouldn't have furthered that aim.

[pandr32]

6. Stunning!

I have to look up that location to learn about it now.

[Old Okie]

8. Iceland

That real estate agent was Eric the Red, a Viking chieftain who wanted settlers to move there even though Iceland was much greener than Greenland. Iceland is quite an interesting country with a rift valley and lot of geothermal energy as a result which they use to grow vegetables in greenhouses. Only visited once but would like to go back (smaller population than DC but nobody told them they could not be a country).

[enid602]

9. El Stinko

Kind of reminds me of El Segundo, between the refinery and the hyperion plant,

[Ligyron]

10. And dead trees.

Don’t forget about the dead trees.

[lame54]

12. Don't drink the yellow river