Dettifoss
The Dettifoss [' dεhtɪ fɔs ˌ ː ] ( Isl: converging waterfall ) is the largest waterfall in northeast Iceland and by the combination of volume flow and height of fall, just before the Rhine Falls, the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
The river Jökulsá Fjöllum crashes in northern Iceland, about 30 kilometers from the mouth into the Arctic Ocean, in the up to 100 meters deep gorge Jökulsárgljúfur. The water flowing down the glacier river is an annual average of 193 m³ / s, however, varies seasonally. One kilometer after about ten meters high stage of Selfoss follows the Dettifoss. At a width of about 100 meters here pour the gray - brown mass of water over 45 feet in depth, and then pour about two kilometers to the 27 meter high Hafragilsfoss to. Average repair the water masses on the Dettifoss to a power of about 85 megawatts.
Gallery
Dettifoss with rainbow
High -whipped spray
Jökulsárgljúfur canyon below the Dettifoss
Snow on Dettifoss
View of the Dettifoss from the west side
In the media
The musical work Dettifoss ( Op.57 ) by Jón Leif is inspired by this waterfall.
The waterfall is beginning to be seen in sci-fi movie Prometheus of 2012 in a scene in which he is a landscape of the early Earth.