- Wāhi helu: Hvolsvollyur, Iceland.
ʻO ka'āinaʻo Awesomeʻo Iceland kahi e hoʻokipa ai i ka poʻe malihini me nā wahi kūikawā kūikawā mai kēlā makahiki a kēia makahiki. ʻO nā kai waena i waena o lākou he wahi kūikawā. Nui ka nui o lākou maʻaneʻi, i ho'ākākaʻia e ka wahi kūikawā o ka'āina, aia ma kahi moku i loaʻa kahi lua pele a me kahi'āina mauna kūikawā. Ua kū mai nā wai he nui ma muli o ka heheʻeʻana o nā'ōmole, kahi i hoʻopihaʻia i nā muliwai.
Pono nā alanui alakaʻi e komo i nā kipa wai ma kā lākou papahana. ʻO kekahiʻo lākouʻo Oufirufoss, kekahi o nā nani loa a me nā mea'ē aʻe i Iceland.
Oufayrufoss Waiwai - wehewehe
Aia ka waileleʻo Oufairufoss ma ka waenaʻo Icelandic ma ka muliwai Nyrðri-Ófær. Aiaʻelua mauʻanuʻu, aia i loko o kahi lua peleʻo'Eldyau.
Ke hiki i ka makahiki 1992, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kekahi mea'ē aʻe maʻaneʻi, kahi pilina maoli kahi pilikino mai kahi basalt e hele ana i ke kahawai. Mahalo i kēia,ʻo'Ifairufoss i nānā aku i nā kiʻi iʻoi aʻe ma mua o kēia manawa. ʻO ka pōʻino, ua wāwahiʻia ke alahaka i ka wā o ke kai eʻe, i hanaʻia no ka hopena o ka hau.
ʻOiaiʻo ka waileleʻo Oufayrufoss ua nalowale kona whakapaipai maikaʻi,ʻaʻole e pau ka nohoʻana i kahi kihi nani loa o Iceland, me ka manahaʻo i kona mana. ʻO ka mea hele i kēia mau wahi, weheʻo ia i ka'āina kupaianaha kupanaha - ka waiʻeleʻele aniani, i hāʻule i loko o ka niche maoli a ma ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoulu aʻe a me nā'ōpala a me ka mahu i nā mea nui, e kū'ē i ke kumu o ka mea iʻoi aku i nā'ōmaʻomaʻu o nā pōhaku nui. ʻO nā kūwae kahi e iho ai ka wai ma kahi nui loa. Ke nānāʻoe iā lākou, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohālikelike i ka paʻa o ka pā o ke kahawai. ʻO kēia ka mea e ho'ākāka nei i ka nuiʻole o ka paila.
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ʻO ka poʻe holokaʻi i loaʻa i kēia mau wahi, ua makemakeʻia e hele i kahi o Mount Gyatindur. Mai laila mai, nānāʻia ka nani nani iā Eldyau, ma ka unuhiʻanaʻo ia hoʻi ka "Canyon Canyon" aʻo ia ka mea nui loa i ka honua. Ua piʻi ia ma 934 ma muli o ka luaʻi pele. ʻO ke kōkuhi he piko o ka pele pele,ʻo ka nui o ia mau mea i kekahi mau wahi a hiki i ka 600 m ka laulā a 200 m hohonu. He 40 km kona lōʻihi, a aia ia ma lalo o ka glacier Mirdalsjokudl.
Pehea e hele ai i ka wailele?
ʻO ka Oufayrufoss ka mea kaulana loa ma waena o nā mākaʻikaʻi a me kekahi o nā mea hoʻokipa i kipaʻia. No ka mea aia ma waenakonu o Iceland , hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokomo me kaʻaʻohe nui o ka hana.
No ka holoʻana i ke kahawaiʻo Oufayrufoss, ponoʻoe e holo ma ke ala kaʻa mai Hvolsvollury i ka hema ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo Nýýýýgur a hiki i Stóragerði. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kahi e hele ai ma ka heleʻana i ka muliwaiʻo Nyrðri-Ófær ma kekahi wahi māmā. No laila, he kūpono ka heleʻana o kekahi mea hoʻokeleʻike.