Prometheus

Dettifoss as the beginning of life on Earth

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Ridley Scott opened Prometheus with Europe's most powerful waterfall, Dettifoss, depicting primordial Earth. Additional alien planet scenes were shot near Hekla volcano and the Askja caldera.

📍Localizaciones en Islandia de Prometheus

Dettifoss Waterfall

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Opening sequence — the Engineer sacrifices himself on primordial Earth

Dirigido por Ridley Scott

Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume (500 m³/s). The opening scenes of Ridley Scott's Prometheus were filmed here — the Engineer's sacrifice in the primordial Earth sequence.

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Hekla Volcano Area

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Alien planet surface — Engineers' home world

Dirigido por Ridley Scott

One of Iceland's most active volcanoes, the stark lunar landscape around Hekla was used in Ridley Scott's Prometheus for alien planet scenes.

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Askja Caldera

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Engineers' home world surface

Dirigido por Ridley Scott

A remote volcanic caldera in the Highlands with an acid lake. Apollo astronauts trained here before the Moon landing. Used as an alien landscape in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.

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