Flour Power
Downstream from Dettifoss in north-eastern #Iceland is one of the deepest parts of Jökulsárgljúfur¹ canyon. This area is known as Hafragil ravine.
Hafragilsfoss roars within it, ≈ 27m (79ft) high and 91m (299ft) wide.
The white colouration of the water is caused by a suspension of rock flour, fine-grained particles of silt generated by the grinding of bedrock by glacial erosion.
¹ 𝙔𝙤𝙝-𝘬𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘳𝘳-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘧𝘷𝘳𝘳
 
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                        