The path marked with white posts runs in a straight line from the car park to the solfatars embedded in the slope of the Leirhnjúkur. One walks past this and then climbs a little further to walk amidst bubbling mud pots and hot springs.

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Location: Skútustaðahreppur, Iceland

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