Script: Iceland 2k15
Slide 1: Welcome – holly
Slide 2: Seljalandsfoss * first place we visited, after a 4 hour plane journey and bus journey of 1 * clear water meaning its from rainfall, although small amounts will still be from glacial melt * absence of gorge suggested relatively recent, as had the presence of undercutting * rock was layers of ash and volcanic rock * we were able to walk behind this waterfall and it was a great start to the trip. Slide 3: Hellisheidi power station – graham * south west Iceland. * Located on Hengill volcano in the South of Iceland, Hellisheidi is largest power station of Iceland and the second largest geothermal power station in the world. * Operated by ON Power * Caters for the demand of nearly 122,000 people in Reykjavik as well as the Nesjavellir PowerStation, which provides in total 99.9% of all geothermal heating to Reykjavik. * From Hellisheidi to Reykjavik is 27km and the temperature lost in the pipes is only 2°c.
Slide 4: Skogafoss - holly

Slide 5: Skogafoss cont.

Slide 6: Pingvellir national park – mid Atlantic ridge – hugh

Slide 7: pictures
Slide 8: pictures
Slide 9: skaftajokull – toby
Slide 10: STROKKUR – geysirs – graham * Strokkur Icelandic for “churn” * East of Reykjavik * Erupting every 8-10 minutes, and 20m high, sometimes up to 4om high!

Slide 11: Dyrolaey – black beach – holly

Slide 12: GULFOSS – hugh
Slide 13: JOKULSARLON – toby
Slide 14: Everyone loves a selfie!
Slide 15: The blue lagoon – geothermal pool – will * is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland * The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík, southwestern Iceland * waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur * water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 37–39 °C * In 1976 a pool formed at the site from the waste water of the geothermal power plant that had just been built there. This caused the rock to b impermeable, hence the pool is still there now.
Slide 16: pictures
Slide 17: Reykjavik - toby
Slide 18: Kerid – volcano - hugh