Dimmuborgir is just east of Myvatn Lake and is basically this huge field of volcanic formations caused by a massive lava tube that collapsed 2300 years ago.
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The name means dark castles and I wish I could really explain how these formations were made. Seems like there was a lake here and the lava created the tubes and have remained now that the lake has dried up. Some of these formations are 100 feet high, so the lake must have been about 100 feet deep.
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There are a lot of folklore stories surrounding Dimmuborgir. That it’s the place where earth connects with the infernal regions and the place where Satan landed when he was cast from the heavens and created the "The Catacombs of Hell". But it seems everyone agrees that there are trolls in the formations and you can walk around for hours looking for them. Several are kissing!
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I only found out later that this was the location used for GOT when Jon Snow entered the wildling camp with Ygritte. :)
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