The Maelifell Volcano, Iceland
With the moss covered a surface which is green and a cone of perfect has the Maelifell Volcano, of the Myrdalsjokull glacier on the edge what is located. A landscapes of surreal creates around the black soil of the volcano which is about 656 feet or 200 meters tall. In Iceland on the south, from the ashes made up this cone of volcanic and in the Myrdalsjokull glacier beneath the ice what occurred by one of the eruptions of numerous was created the solidified lava projection. Of the Ice Age at the end about 10,000 years ago from the glacier of retreating was emerged the Maelifell Volcano and now from the glacier of melting by the flowing of the torrents is bathed.
Which changes the color and has cooled down the volcano on the lava what grows a moss called grimmia is covered the plain above about 656 feet or 200 meters which stands the perfect cone of the Maelifell Volcano. On the humidity of the soil depending the moss changes colors from bright green to silvery grey. On the territory of the Iceland among the plants which are able to grow in this area the moss named grimmia is one of them. The moss which includes 500 species with the vegetal species of about 1,300 a certain poverty of botanical characterized this volcano indeed. With the vegetation what is permanent is covered about 40 percent of the land only. Geologically the age of Iceland is about 23 million and what is considered as very young the Iceland what means the land of ice. There are over 200 volcanos which are still active in the Iceland and also there are many glaciers in Iceland, the surface area of the Iceland an eighth almost which covers.
For the Icelandic highland the Maelifell Volcano is the icon. Over the massive Myrdalsjokull the Maelifell Volcano looks like the towering, about 10,000 years ago it emerged thorough which. No by the ice is cloaked today the cone of the volcano but with the moss of cushion type, of the lava which colonizer and when the moss wet it turns into vibrant green. Surrounding the volcano the volcanic soil against the sea the green cone of glowing sets the majestic view, from the glacier flowing down the streams of the icy water it also encircled.
On the planet as one of the most captivating landscapes it gets the vote of many. On the Iceland which could only found here that from the scenery it stands very high as the shape of a cone of about 200 meters. There to do the things a checklist of fun provides the visitors of the volcano the surrounding area. In the Myrdalsjokull Glacier Park the visitors can spend some times, to enjoy and to photograph with many amazing vistas, hot springs and waterfalls this area is full.
By the lavish green moss becomes draped the Maelifell Volcano during the season of warm, the beauty and uniqueness of the sheer of the Maelifell Volcano attracting the voyagers. When have dried the roads and has melted down the snow of Iceland in late June the visitors can head towards the Maelifell Volcano for the visit of this stunning natural masterpiece.
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