Iceland’s tallest waterfall.

For decades, Glymur (198 m) was held to be Iceland’s tallest waterfall. Then, just over 10 years ago, as the glacier withdrew, another revealed itself: Morsárfoss, now estimated at ~240 m.

In a land still in the act of becoming, such titles are provisional. The ice recedes, the rock is laid bare, and the landscape continues to disclose what it has long concealed. Height alone does not confer distinction. For all its vertical reach, Morsárfoss does not command the eye in the manner of Iceland’s more celebrated falls.

Here it is in winter arrest, set against the headwall above Morsárjökull, the glacial expanse suffused with exquisite late light of the low sun lingering on the southern horizon.

Access to this area is exceptionally difficult. It takes a helicopter (or fixed-wing aircraft) to obtain a proper purchase on this glacial scape.

Added to the Light in Iceland collection.