Entering the Enchanted Realm

Entering the Enchanted Realm

Entering this otherworldly ice cave, with its deep-blue meltwater-carved forms and impressive dimensions of 50 meters (164 feet) in length, 10 meters (33 feet) in width, and 1.8 meters (6 feet) in height, creates an awe-inspiring atmosphere inside the Svínafellsjökull...
Evanescence

Evanescence

This deep-blue iceberg was beached at Jökulsárlón Strandur in Iceland shortly before midnight in midsummer. Encircled by gentle waves during low tide, it awaits its fate as the rising waters of the Atlantic return. These icebergs originate in the tidal proglacial...
Beached Jewels

Beached Jewels

Two small icebergs are beached at low tide along the Jökulsárlón Strandur coastline in Iceland. They sparkle like diamonds on the pitch-black lava sand during the twilight of a winter morning. The atmospheric conditions required to produce spectacular twilight colors...
Twilight of the Gods

Twilight of the Gods

Iceland’s glacier lagoon, Jökulsárlón, is filled with icebergs in midsummer. The late-evening sun strikingly illuminates layers of Altocumulus and Altostratus clouds, their forms mirrored in a crystal-clear reflection on the proglacial lake. In the far distance, the...
Arctic Gate

Arctic Gate

At dusk, the waxing moon peeks through a towering iceberg arch streaked with layers of black volcanic ash on the frozen glacier lagoon of Jökulsárlón in Iceland. The northernmost parts of Iceland reach the Arctic Circle at 66° north latitude, where armadas of icebergs...