The Truth can be as Strange as Fiction….
or a Real Witches Cauldron
The smell is at times overpowering, the heat tangible from a distance, the hole could go all the way to the middle of the earth….its very core. After all these boiling sulphur mud pots do reach deep into the earth’s thermal core.
The location is Iceland and this is the area known as Namaskard. Littered with these mud pots and streams of hot mud flowing from the surrounding hills it is surprising that in our Risk averse Health and Safety culture that tourists can wander virtually unrestricted arround these thermal springs. Tread carefully but enjoy the experience whilst you can.
I thought this would be a suitable image for Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge for this week.
See other submissions on:- https://ceenphotography.com/2016/08/24/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-2016-week-34/
9th September
(C) David Oakes 2016
DAVID OAKES - IMAGES. 
I too was amazed at the lack of safety barriers at potentially very dangerous places in Iceland. I didn’t visit this one, but I went to several spectacular waterfalls. I guess they must trust visiting parents to keep close watch on curious youngsters. If I’d had small, active kids with me, I probably would have considered putting leashes on them!
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I think the truth is that tourism in big number’s is a recent thing and H&S and the visitor infrastructure has yet to catchup with the numbers.😊
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P.S. I should have added that the ground here, as you can guess, is caustic and the boots I was wearing still have the stains on them 12 months on.
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A very cool looking odd ball. Hard to believe it’s part of our world.
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😊 Cool in a very hot ‘hot spot’ …..
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