The roar and churning of these falls is enveloping. The pristine deep blue breaks up the black lava rock and white snow in a magical way. Icelanders say the local water is the cleanest in the world. Icelandic Drinking water from the tap is unique in the developed world in that it undergoes no filtration from source to faucet (it's also blessed at the country's most prominent source so...holy water on tap).
Domestic faucets are a neat thing here (fun fact the word faucet is from the french word for bung or hole in a barrel). Cold tap is typically piped in from naturally ground-filtered cold springs. The hot tap is piped in (also unfiltered) from geothermal hot springs. So showers smell sulfury and can get really hot; most shower taps are equipped with temperature dials, which is very handy.