The Glacial Lagoon, Iceland

The Glacial Lagoon with an amazing view of the mountains beyond.

The Glacial Lagoon is one of our most loved locations we visited. In Icelandic, it is called Jökulsárlón. Unlike anything else, the lagoon is constantly changing so every ice sculpture drifts on the water surface for a time and then takes its leave to be replaced by another eye-catching ice form. The ice that fills the lagoon are broken parts of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, a process called “calving”.

Iceland’s water

Snow and water in summer. Taken along route 939.

Summer in Iceland has one predominant colour – Green! It comes in variations from dark moss green to bright mint green thanks to the copious rainfall. Luckily for us, we didn’t have much rain during our trip in June. Still, there are many more things to write about Iceland’s water sources other than rain.