Gullfoss

Gullfoss Waterfall

Breathtaking.  Awe-inspiring.  Hypnotic.  There's something about waterfalls that makes everyone want to see them.  Gullfoss almost disappeared if not for the effort of Sgridur Tomasdottir who in 1902 took developers to court to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would have submerged Gullfoss forever.  She actually lost her case, but public opinion was so strong in her favor that the project was abandoned.  The land was later donated to the Icelandic government as a special preserve.  I for one am glad to have had the Gullfoss experience, and I suspect so are the millions who have seen it in the last 110+ years.