When we arrived at Gullfoss it was another morning of rain, however some of the clouds on the horizon of the rising sun did seem a little broken. Ian, my trip leader, was heard once again saying “If you don’t like the weather in Iceland just wait 15 minutes, because it can often change that quickly”. We started our approach high above for a grand view of all below us. At the time the clouds were dark and brooding with not a lot of color, but rising mist from the waterfall occasionally were lit up by the sun. Later we descended a bit to another approaching vantage point for a different perspective (where this image was taken from), allowing some wonderful color for a few moments to be painted by the rising sun on the clouds. The sun was no longer hitting the rising mists, so in the absence of the golden color, the mist took on hues of the colored clouds. After lingering here for 5 minutes getting the most out of the light on the sky, then we finally made our way all the way down to the falls, where the rain abated, however replaced by the wind-carried mists of the falls.