
If you get a little cold, pop yourself in the way of the steam coming out of this little mound where people have piled rocks, sorted!
Between 1724 and 1729 the Mývatn fires happened, which is when many of the fissures opened up. The lava flow covered most of the area which is why there isn’t much growing in the area. Then between 1975 and 1984 the nearby Krafla volcano had nine volcanic eruptions in which a large magma chamber emerged which is why still today the areas geothermal energy has been used by a local power station (pictured above in the last picture). The power station is off a small road just across from the geothermal area, and if you drive to the top there is a little lookout car park to see over the valley.