The Namaskard geothermal area is an area of steaming fumaroles, boiling mud pots, hot springs, gasses and the smell of sulfur. It is in northeast Iceland and near a mountain called Namafjall which is close to the Krafla volcano. This volcano has had eruptions as recently as 1984, so this is a very active area.

It is very evident when entering an active geothermal area in Iceland and this is a good example of it.

This is a good size boiling mud pot. If you look just left of the center, you might be able to notice that a large blob of mud is boiling up into the air.

There was nothing to keep us from cozying right up to a steaming fumarole. They had the crevice in the earth covered up with rocks but that was it.

There were many areas like this. You can imagine the sulfur smell by looking at the ground.

You might notice that Vicky has on shoe covers which they gave us to protect our shoes from the sulfur and other chemicals on the ground as we walked about. At least they matched her vest.