Iceland is a country where the tectonic plates for North America and Europe are visible above ground and below water. And you can touch them.
Jan and Mary are pointing to the North American plate.
Europe is the plate on the left in this picture.
If you don't mind cold water (in the 40s) you can don a flotation suit and snorkel in an area where the plates are submerged, but really close together. You can touch both at once. As long as neither plate moves while you are doing that you won't be crushed to death.
Another spectacular waterfall. Gullfoss is part of the "Golden Circle" which is apparently a marketing term. No matter what you call the area where the falls is located it is stunning.
The video of the falls is special but you will need to wait until we return home and I am able to edit the video version of our vacation. We fly back tomorrow.
Since the geology of Iceland is similar to Yellowstone there are geysers. Here's one. Again, there is great video and because it erupts roughly every 4 minutes it's easy to get multiple takes.
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