Mo

Morning Light

Low southern sunlight strikes the gnarled face of the mountain, throwing shadows.

Ketillaugarfjall, a 668 metre (1102 feet) tall batholith in Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, south-eastern Iceland.

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Mar 26 at 8:57amWeb
Show threadEye21h ago

@mo

I love to read the Alt Text and so find out how huge the 'little' mountain I'm looking at, really is!

Lovely.

Show threadMo21h ago
@grb090423
It isn't one of the biggest in the area, but it's still impressive!
Show threadEye21h ago

@mo

Oh, even better! 😃🙂

Show threadMaj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel20h ago
@mo @SwellowFellow Morning Mo 🤗🥰
Show threadMo20h ago
@MAJ1 @SwellowFellow
Nice to meet you, SwellowFellow!
Good morning, chaps! 🤗 😊
Show threadSwellowFellow20h ago
@mo @MAJ1 Hello!! And likewise, this put a smile on my face. 😄 Good morning to you both!
Show threadSveinn í Felli20h ago

@mo Peculiar rock formations, even on an Icelandic scale, because these are amongst the oldest rocks in the country.

"According to legend, a woman named Ketillaug disappeared into the mountain carrying a kettle full of gold."

Well, even though Ketillaug exists as a Norse name, I'd rather bet the name comes from one of the warm springs in the vicinity, probably one with a form of a kettle. After all, this area has been exploited for quite some time to heat the neighboring town of Höfn.

Show threadMo19h ago
@sv1
Yes, that makes a lot of sense. Hoffell isn't far away, and IIRC there's a hotpot nearby.
Show threadSveinn í Felli16h ago
@mo The drilling for hot water at Hoffell happened only ~20yrs ago, before that there were sources in the Nes-area, SW of the Ketillaugarfjall, where Höfn got their geothermal water. As often happens, drilling and pumping leads to disappearing of natural sources on surface, which is the case here.
But just behind Ketillaugarfjall (to the right on your photo) there's a spectacular gully colored by rhyolitic rocks and old geothermal activity, which indicates the presence of an old volcanic center.