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Geysir Iceland - Sarada's travelogue

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Geyser the hot spring erupting out of the ground every 5 minutes like a clock work. Amazing nature. Of course for people who have seen old geyser in California it is nothing new. The build up to the eruption leads to the build up of all the people waiting to watch it. After few small small ones it was worth the wait. Geysir - a common word world over meaning the equipment which helps us to get hot water. here the nature is providing us the hot water. Geysir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkeːisɪr̥] sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans.[citation needed] The English word geyser (a periodically spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb geysa("to gush") the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill, which is also the home to Strokk