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This picture shows Start of an eruption of Strokkur. It was taken on a travel to Geysir, Iceland, Europe. It is one of the 8138 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Geysir. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world!

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If you ever wondered where the word geyser comes from, your answer lies in Iceland, where you can find Geysir. In fact, you can find more examples of geothermic activity in the area.
This active geyser, Strokkur, is a reliable one: you can just wait for the eruption which occurs every few minutes. Part of the fun is of course to try and imagine when it will strike next, as the intervals are not regular. You look into the pool of restless water, seemingly coming up and down, until at one moment it seems to be gulped inside the earth, followed by an impressive eruption of boiling water high above you and high into the air. Strokkur has stricken again! But the eruptions are so impressive, that it is easy to be tempted to stay tuned for the next one to strike. Besides, every eruption is different. Strokkur has taken over from Geysir, the bigger geyser of the two and the name giver of the area. Frankly, I am happy that this Icelandic word made it to languages worldwide. Just imagine we would call geysers strokkurs now!
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