Iceland: Strokkur Geysir (yes, that's the way they spell it)--VIDEO

Steven A. Melnick
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It isn't Old Faithful but the Strokkur Geysir in southwest Iceland was worth the drive.  It's eruptions are not as high as Old Faithful but, like clockwork, it erupts every 6-10 minutes (usually 15-20 meters/50-65 feet in height) .  Located a little more than 60 miles from Rekjavik, it was a pleasant drive through the countryside.  There is no admission charge; you can walk right up to it.  There are, of course, the usual tourist souvenir shops near the site.  On the walk up to Strokkur is a small pool that is bubbling like boiling water named Litli Geysir--more a bubbling pool than an actual geysir but pretty cool nonetheless.

Videos of both are below.  Enjoy the eruption...

Litli Geysir (just 13 seconds)

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Strokkur Geysir...(Click the lower right corner to make it full-screen--55 seconds--watch the water begin to pulsate in the hole as the eruption nears)

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