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Godafoss (more accurately Goðafoss; pronounced "GO-thuh-foss") was one of the more famous waterfalls we encountered while driving the Ring Road through the Mývatn District of Iceland's Northeast Region. It was a wide 12m tall waterfall on the Skjálfandafljót River that was segmented into two main components while possessing an arcing semi-horseshoe shape, which we noticed when we viewed it from its top. Although both times we've visited this waterfall were under some dreary overcast (and rainy) conditions, we could still see the color in the river, which I'm sure would be amplified when the sun would come out.

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From what I understand, this curling horseshoe-shaped waterfall had a fairly key role in Icelandic history. Apparently back in the year 1000, the lawspeaker at the time Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði had the unenviable task of choosing the official religion of Iceland. Perhaps under the pressure of Christianity's convert or die methods, Þorgeirr chucked his icons of Norse deities into the falls (which, by the way, is translated to mean "waterfall of the gods") but secretly maintained allegiance to the Norse deities.

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http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/iceland-godafoss.html

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Approaching Goðafoss with some people standing on atop each bank of the river
giving us ideas on where we ought to check out the falls

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Julie near the bottom of the east bank of the falls

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Looking right at Geitafoss with part of Goðafoss seen
further upstream on the Skjálfandafljót

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Julie contemplates the falls from the west bank

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Julie walking towards the brink of the falls from the west bank

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View of Goðafoss from its brink at its west bank getting us closer
to the falls than from the east side

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