{"id":25919,"date":"2022-09-30T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25919"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:47:25","slug":"the-golden-circle-geysir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25919","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Circle – Geysir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Linda Lou Burton posting from Center Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s all in a name, they say. Start with the Icelandic verb geysa<\/em> meaning \u201cto gush.\u201d Then give the name Geysir<\/em> to some water gushing out of the ground periodically in a particular place in Iceland\u2019s Haukadalur Valley. Somehow or other, over time, \u201cgeysir\u201d became the anglicized word \u201cgeyser\u201d that we use for all periodically spouting, gushing, hot springs, like Yellowstone\u2019s Old Faithful. Iceland\u2019s geyser Geysir<\/em> is less faithful than Old Faithful these days, (so is Old Faithful, for that matter), mainly due to volcanic activity and shifts in the water table. In 1910 Geysir was active every 30 minutes; by 1916 the eruptions almost ceased. In the 1980s it was tinkered with and eruptions forced; that was a tacky move however and was stopped. Mother Nature sent an earthquake in 2000 that revived Geysir, it spewed for for two days to a height of 400 feet! Not happening now, however, and not what Rick saw today on the Golden Circle Tour. He did see a neighboring geyser however, Little Geysir, aka Strokkur.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It erupts every few minutes, spewing up almost a hundred feet; if you miss it, just wait, camera ready, for the next eruption. There are 30 or so smaller geysers and hot pools in the area, note the crowd circled on a chilly day around this geothermal warmth. Just another of Iceland\u2019s many wonders! It was a great stop on the Tour, with Geysir Center, Restaurant, and Hotel nearby, handy for picking up souvenirs, eating and coming back to for a longer stay. \u201cWith warmer clothes,\u201d Rick commented. His photos below.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Curious about Old Faithful\u2019s spewing height? It averages about 150 feet. Record holder in the world? Maimangu Geyser near Rotorua, New Zealand once shot up 1,500 feet!<\/em><\/p>\n

Golden Circle Tours https:\/\/www.re.is\/golden-circle-tours\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Geysir Hotel and Restaurant and Center https:\/\/hotelgeysir.is\/geysir-restaurant\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Center Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland https:\/\/www.centerhotels.com\/en\/hotel-plaza-reykjavik<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Next Post: The Golden Circle \u2013 Gullfoss<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Linda Lou Burton posting from Center Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland \u2013 It\u2019s all in a name, they say. Start with the Icelandic verb geysa meaning \u201cto gush.\u201d Then give the name Geysir to some water gushing out of the ground periodically in a particular place in Iceland\u2019s Haukadalur Valley. Somehow or other, over time, \u201cgeysir\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4318,4319],"tags":[4573,3891,4574,3829,4575],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25919"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25967,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25919\/revisions\/25967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}