Hidden deep in the rugged valley of Þakgil lies a landscape that feels like a secret. Here flows the Huldufoss - a powerful waterfall originating in the meltwater of Huldujökull, the "hidden glacier". The glacier towers high above the landscape, imposing and white, feeding through invisible channels this waterfall that plunges down a steep wall.
It's a place you don't come across by chance. The walk towards it leads through a wild and silent landscape. And then, suddenly, this scene appears: bright green, almost luminous moss covers the foreground, as if the earth itself begins to glow there. Between the moss lies a shallow pool, clear and still. Reflected in that water is not the waterfall, but the glacier itself - a white giant quietly laying down its reflection in the greenery.
Huldufoss plunges down forcefully, not from the foot of the glacier, but from beneath its massif, through a wall that touches the glacier itself, as it were. This creates a play of contrasts: the thundering water versus the hushed reflection, the soft moss versus the hard ice.
This image is a rare moment where forces of nature and stillness coincide. A reminder of how rich Iceland is in places that live up to their name - hidden, mysterious, and enchantingly beautiful.
My name is Gerry van Roosmalen, photographer and author with a passion for images and stories that touch. After years in the corporate world, I followed my heart and chose photography in 2002. I completed the Fotovakschool in Apeldoorn, specialising in portrait and reportage photography.
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