January 27, 2020 — Jökulsárlón, South Coast, Iceland
When you think of a lagoon, don’t you think of white sand, blue water, and palm trees? This is different: black sand, blue water, and icebergs. The ’bergs have been shed by one of the largest glaciers in Iceland. Things happen fast in Iceland: This lagoon didn’t exist sixty years ago and in the foreseeable future, it’ll be a fjord.
(Nikon D850, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G VR. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.1; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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Beautiful sight, but worrying at the same time
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Thank you. And exactly.
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I never thought much about the evolution of a lagoon but it’s as interesting as this image is visually. Nice shot, Michael.
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Thank you very much. This particular glacial lagoon might not be typical. But one thing is for sure and that is that the glaciers of Iceland — as with most glaciers in the world — are receding.
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It has the surrealistic feel of a Magritte painting; the floes seem to be floating on air.
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He’s showing what it means to go with the floe.
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Thank you very much. You put your finger on the exact comparison. It is what I have been trying to say to myself but not succeeding.
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In the closest formation I thought I saw a whale swimming toward the right. Not the Great White Whale, but a littler one.
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It’s like looking at clouds.
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thank you for sharing this moment…
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You’re welcome, and thank you for stopping by.
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My favorite of yours!!! Enjoy the trip…
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Thank you very much!
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This photo is so beautiful it could and should be used as a wallpaper on a computer so someone could look at it and admire it every single day.
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Thank you! My computer screen is full of icons… 😉
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Beautiful, Michael. And frightening. In 2006 we went there with our children, and the lagoon was much bigger than I remembered it. The glacier was receding already, and now far away from the road. You could not go by boat the first time we were there, 1984, and the only sound was the call of the black-throated divers. We were all alone on that road trip on nr.1, circling the island. Krafla was still warm after the outbreak up north…Things change.
Thank you for portraying the lagoon and making it a beauty still.
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Thank you very much. I feel the same way. There was a large sign with a diagram of the changing the size of the lagoon and the rate of change was extremely impressive. And scary. But there is no doubt that the lagoon as it is is very beautiful. It was also overrun by tourists. Of course, I was one of them, but we won’t go there…
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Such diagrams are scary, I agree. The truth is…
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Not exactly palm trees and Dorothy Lamour. That’s a fascinating view and the commentary about it’s changes is a bit worrying. Things do change in this modern world at a frightening pace compared to the geologic pace of history.
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Thank you. In this case I believe Dorothy would lament. According to a Wikipedia article, the lake has doubled in size in the last 15 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jökulsárlón
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Just beautiful!
What an image! What a beauty!!
Love it! I will try to find this place! 😀
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This place is very easy to find on the south coast of Iceland. It is beautiful. It is, unfortunately, also overrun by tourists. The saving grace is that what you want to photograph is inaccessible unless you want a very cold swim. So even though the place is overrun, you won’t get people in your shot.
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Great!
Let’s see what we can do! 😀
Thanks! 🙂
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And thank you very, very much.
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I like this very much, for the ice in the foreground, which brings me in, and the light way off in the distance that allows me to dream.
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Ahhhhh… Thank you.
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