Fossa Waterfall drops in two distinct levels down to the sea on Streymoy Island. It is the tallest waterfall in the Faroes and the white water contrasts against the dark basalt cliffs surrounding it. The steps are created by the hard volcanic basalt formed around 50 – 60 million years ago. In between the layers of hard basalt are softer volcanic ash, and then comes another hard layer and so on. This creates the step effect that you can see in many of the waterfalls I have photographed on the islands.
The waterfall is situated on the northeast side of Streymoy and not far away is the island of Eysturoy. I photographed the waterfall both at the waterfall itself and far away (with a 500 mm tele lens) from the other island of Eysturoy.
When we arrived to the Faroes it had snowed and was still snowing on our arrival. We used the first day to photograph the waterfall with the snow and then came back a few days later to get another view of it. The character was quite different at the two occasions.
