DETTIFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Is this a still from the beginning part of Prometheus? No, and that’s not an Engineer standing there either (well, we don’t know what the occupation of the gentleman there is, but he doesn’t have grey skin and doesn’t seem to be ingesting any black goo). This is Dettifoss, in terms of volume discharge the largest waterfall in Europe: 193 m3/s; 500 m3/s at high flow. The waterfall did indeed feature in the beginning sequence of the movie Prometheus. It is located in the Jökulsárgljúfur National Park in the northeast of Iceland, where it is found on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, flowing from the Vatnajökull glacier. The milky colour of the waterfall is due to the sediment-rich meltwater from this glacier. The falls are 100 metres wide and have a drop of 45 metres down to the Jökulsárgljúfur canyon. There were plans some years ago to use the hydroelectric potential of the canyon, but were scrapped when the lava strata in the area were found to be too porous for a reservoir. This beauty also inspired a musical composition: 'Dettifoss' (Op.57) by Jón Leifs. -TEL Photo credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dettifoss_TimBekaert.JPG http://www.vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is/english/education/dettifoss/ Blog with more info on the waterfall, how to get there and photos: http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/iceland-dettifoss.html