Iceland Filming Locations
Dettifoss as the beginning of life on Earth
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.
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Opening sequence — the Engineer sacrifices himself on primordial Earth
Directed by 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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Alien planet surface — Engineers' home world
Directed by 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.
Also filmed here
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Engineers' home world surface
Directed by 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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