Islandzkie wodospady - Sipa
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Detail de glace, Jokulsarlon, Sud de l'Islande Avec son climat pluvieux, les fortes chutes de neige, ses reliefs tourmentes et la presence de nombreux glaciers, dont la fonte alimente les torrents, l'Islande est le pays des cascades. Sont tres connues les plus grandes et les plus accessibles (Gullfoss, Godafoss, Dettifoss, Skogafoss). Mais il en existe bien d'autres superbes, dans toutes les regions. La majorite d'entre elles est accessible meme en hiver, lorsque les routes des highlands sont fermees (octobre a juillet). Certaines d'entre elles gelent totalement. Ce n'est pas le cas de celles au debit plus important, comme Dettifoss, la plus puissante d'Europe, ou Gullfoss, la chute d'Or, la plus visitee du pays. Parmi toutes ces cascades, Godafoss (la cascade de Dieu) est celebre pour avoir ete le lieu de conversion des premiers chretiens d'Islande, qui y ont jete leurs idoles paiennes. Skogafoss est reputee pour ?tre la derniere etape du fameux trek de six jours, parti de Landmannalaugar, appele Laugavegur. Mais on peut etre surpris aussi par la beaute de certaines cascades sans nom. Thanks to its rainy climate, its strong snowstorms, its mountainous geography and the presence of many glaciers, whose melt supplies torrents with water, Iceland can be considered as the country of waterfalls. Some are very famous, usually the biggest and most accessible (Gullfoss, Godafoss, Detifoss, Skogafoss). But there are many more amazing ones, in all areas of the country. Most of them are accessible even when highlands roads are closed (october to july). Some of them freeze totally. Not the biggest ones, because their streamflow is too strong, like Dettifoss, the most powerful in Europe, or Gullfoss, the golden waterfall, the most attractive for tourists. Among all these waterfalls, Godafoss (God's waterfall) is famous because former pagan inhabitants of Iceland threw away their idols, to convert to christianity. Skogafoss is famous for being the last stop of the famous six-day trek started from Landmannalaugar, called laugavegur. But even some no-name waterfalls can surprise tourists with their beauty. /JOLYOLIVIER_lewisjoly1537.015
2016-02-18
OLIVIER JOLY/SIPA/EAST NEWS
SIPA
OLIVIER JOLY/SIPA
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