On our recent trip to Iceland, we decided to drive for nearly a full day. It took about 5 or 6 hours by car. We wanted to get out to the Ice Lagoon at Jökulsárlón.  Vatnajökull is a glacier where it descends off the mountains and the volcano. It flows into the ice lagoon, called Jökulsárlón.  Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Europe, and covers approximately 8% of the island.

You have this scene. A glacier is coming down off the hills and into a lagoon. As the water warms up the ice, large ice chunks break off and float around in the lagoon.  A river connects the lagoon with the Atlantic Ocean. Many of these icebergs float out to the ocean. They are washed back onto the beach by the waves.  Of course, this is Iceland, so it’s not just a normal beach, it’s a black sand volcanic rock beach.  So you have these enormous, man-sized chunks of ice washing up on a black sand beach.  It’s really something to behold.

Today’s shot is over the river. A few of these icebergs try to be free. They make their way out to the ocean.  More of the lagoon to follow!!

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 49mm | f/18.0 | 1/160th | ISO100