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Vatnajökull · Skaftafell
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01 · Skaftafell

Vatnajökull · Skaftafell

"Europe's largest glacier, at the inner heart of the island of fire and ice. Near Hotel Skaftafell on the Þjóðvegur national road."

63°59'47.6"N 16°53'53.5"W↗ Photo detail
Blue Lagoon
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02 · Grindavík

Blue Lagoon

"A geothermal spa west of Reykjavík. The pleasure of watching the Kp while you warm up beside it — you don't go just for the aurora, but if the Kp is right it is unforgettable."

63°52'53.7"N 22°25'35.8"W↗ Photo detail
Jökulsárlón · Diamond Beach
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03 · Glacier lagoon · southeast coast

Jökulsárlón · Diamond Beach

"On the black beach across from the lagoon, ice the waves have left on the shore. Where icebergs calved from the Vatnajökull glacier drift to the sea — a superb aurora foreground."

64°02'42.0"N 16°10'30.0"W↗ Photo detail
Reynisfjara
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04 · Vík · black-sand beach

Reynisfjara

"The famous black basalt beach near Vík; the Reynisdrangar sea stacks and a clear southern horizon out over the Atlantic."

63°24'19.0"N 19°02'40.0"W↗ Photo detail
Skaftafell · glacier tongue
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05 · Vatnajökull National Park

Skaftafell · glacier tongue

"Where the glacier tongues drop into the valley; on clear nights the curtain hangs above the ice."

63°59'47.6"N 16°53'53.5"W↗ Photo detail
Reynisfjara · basalt
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06 · Vík

Reynisfjara · basalt

"Before the basalt columns, a wide sky over the open Atlantic horizon."

63°24'19.0"N 19°02'40.0"W↗ Photo detail