Posted by A great place for some short hiking around Myvatn is the area called Dimmuborgir. It is a strangely looking landscape which was formed by lava flowing across a marsh a couple of thousand years ago. Apparently the lava flowing over the marsh caused the water in the marsh to boil. As a result some strange pillars of lava were formed where the boiling water tried to get to the surface of the lava flow. Today you can do a walk of a couple of kilometers across this landscape and look at the strange lava pillars.
The volcanic landscape of Dimmuborgir 
Lave shot up at Dimmuborgir 
Small hole in the lava at Dimmuborgir 
The lava landscape at Dimmuborgir 
Kirkan at Dimmuborgir
There are also some old lava tubes which are more or less collapsed today but there is some still to be seen one of the more impressive lava tubes are called kirkjan or the church.
Lava landscape 
Lava landscape of Dimmuborgir 
Inside the lava tunnel
It isn’t just tourist which enjoys the landscape apparently the Dimmuborgir has been used by HBO as a scene in Game of Thrones.
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