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Iceland This picture shows Freezing Jökulsárlón under a spectacular sky. It was taken on a travel to Jökulsárlón, Iceland, Europe. It is one of the 8138 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Jökulsárlón. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Jökulsárlón on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Freezing Jökulsárlón under a spectacular sky (Jökulsárlón, Iceland) Icy Jökulsárlón under a cloudy sky with mountains and glacier in the background Send image of Freezing Jökulsárlón under a spectacular sky as a free postcard Download picture of Freezing Jökulsárlón under a spectacular sky Purchase Freezing Jökulsárlón under a spectacular sky (Iceland) One of the most spectacular sights of Iceland, Jökulsárlón is an ever-changing landscape of icebergs floating in a lake at the end of Vatnajökull glacier. As the first daylight was chasing away the darkness of night, I was still driving towards Jökulsárlón. Slowly, the landscape around me, which I had no clue what it looked like, was taking shape. Mighty glaciers and mountains on my left, a flat landscape reaching to the Atlantic on my right. When I crossed the bridge at Jökulsárlón, I decided to go to the beach first, for a good view of sunrise. When I got closer, I noticed strange formations on the shoreline. As I reached the sea, an otherworldly scene unfolded before my eyes. The black beach appeared to be littered with chunks of ice, small and big, all in different, unique shapes. Some looked like big diamonds, meticulously shaped, while others were still plump masses of bluish-white ice. I immediately understood: the ice calving off Breiðamerkurjökull glacier eventually floats to the sea, where it gets washed ashore. As the temperature is around or below zero, the ice does not melt. Instead, the constant working of the Atlantic waves on the ice turns them into oddly shaped, sometimes delicate works of art. I stayed at the beach to soak in and enjoy the scene of blocks of ice being battered by the sea, and the odd view of a black beach completely full of ice. The scene left me in awe. Read more about: Jökulsárlón Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| blue green clouds rainbow Europe North America glacier grotto grey orange ice water Iceland Hong Kong Jökulsárlón María La Gorda lake waves mountain sand panorama sand dune white pink
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