Sultartangi Hydropower Station

IMG_0879Djúpir is the Icelandic word for fun!

IMG_0884 This canal runs 8 kilometers downstream to the next hydro project.

IMG_0885 The transformers in Iceland are kept inside concrete bunkers.  I imagine this is to protect them from the weather and occasional ash storms.

IMG_0886 IMG_0887 IMG_0888 Hellka in the distance.



IMG_0891 The turbines are inside this structure.


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Evidently they aren’t worried about terrorist attacks in Iceland like in the USA.

IMG_0882 Look at the awesome layers of rock and ash! Geologist’s paradise!

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