This impressive ice cave inside the Svínafellsjökull glacier in Skaftafell, Iceland, is an astounding grotto measuring 50 meters (164 feet) in length, 10 meters (33 feet) in width, and 7 meters (23 feet) in height. Persistent cold spells in Iceland during winter offer...
During winter, the Svínafellsjökull glacier in Skaftafell, Iceland, fills the air with loud crackling sounds as the pressurized ice of the frozen glacier lagoon strains beneath the advancing glacier. The ice of Svínafellsjökull flows steeply down toward the valley,...
The beached icebergs at Jökulsárlón Strandur in Iceland are remnants of the Vatnajökull ice cap and its southern glacier lobe, Breiðamerkurjökull, which terminates in the proglacial lake of Jökulsárlón. The lagoon extends for approximately 20 kilometers (12.4 miles)...
Tipped-over icebergs reveal their meltwater-carved forms, filled with volcanic ash, on the frozen glacier lagoon of Jökulsárlón during the Icelandic winter. Reaching these icebergs requires a rare convergence of several atmospheric and environmental conditions. First,...
The full moon rises over the coastline of Vík í Mýrdal and the rock spires of Reynisdrangar in Iceland. At dusk, shortly before midnight in midsummer, the waves roll endlessly onto the black lava beach, sculpting magnificent patterns along the shoreline. The...
