Iceland is home to the second largest iced mass in Europe. It’ called Vatnajökull and it’s placed in the South, with its circumference  tangent to the coastline. In that spot, the  Vatnajökull’s outlet, called Breiðamerkurjökull, discharges the blocks of ice produced by the glacier into the Jökulsárlón lagoon from where they float free toward the Ocean.

The ice covering the Jökulsárlón lagoon cracks into smaller pieces that get carried out by the flood tide entering the lagoon. Nikon D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/160″ ƒ/11 ISO 64

The cracked ice surface covers the southernmost part of the Jökulsárlón, with the Breiðamerkurjökull in the distance on the right-hand side. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/60 ƒ/11 ISO 64

The Jökulsárlón lagoon appears fairly free of ice as it approaches the see. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/60 ƒ/11 ISO 64

The sun melts the snow which, with the lowering of the temperature, turns itself into ice surrounding the rocks with glass. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/160″ ƒ/7.1 ISO 64

“Pure gold”. An iced surface reflects the sunlight on the edge of one of the iced outlets that extends from the main cap of the Vatnajökull toward the Atlantic Ocean. D810 105 mm (105.0 mm ƒ/2.8) 1/320″ ƒ/8 ISO 64

Water leaking from the gacier crolls under the surface of this vaste plain near stokksnes. These flat stretches of land are the result of the debris carried by the flood following an eruption. D810 85 mm (85.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/200″ ƒ/5.6 ISO 64

A rock sticks out of the ice near Stokksnes. Nikon D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/30″ ƒ/13 ISO 64

The iced blocks let go with the tide out of the Jökusárlón, get pushed ashore by the waves and scattered all over the beach. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/500″ ƒ/9 ISO 200

The iced blocks let go with the tide out of the Jökusárlón, get pushed ashore by the waves and get scattered all over the beach. D810 20 mm (20.0 mm ƒ/1.8 1/5″ ƒ/13 ISO 64 – ND 6H Lee filter

The iced blocks just seat on the sand until the next flood period washes them offshore. D810 20 mm (20.0 mm ƒ/1.8) 1/100″ ƒ/13 ISO 64

The ice acquires some fascinating shapes that make this spot a must see and one of the most visited in Iceland. Nikon D750, 300 mm (80-400.0 mm ƒ/4.5-5.6) 1/500″ ƒ/11 ISO 100

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The water and the light stricking through the ice concurr to give the blocks some compelling colours and shapes. D810 20 mm (20.0 mm ƒ/1.8) 1/200″ ƒ/11 ISO 64

The iced blocks just seat on the sand until the next flood period washes them offshore. D810 20 mm (20.0 mm ƒ/1.8) 1/200″ ƒ/11 ISO 64

Entrance to the ice-cave, under the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, amid a wind blizard. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/1600″ ƒ/13 ISO 2500

The ice cave entrance viewed from within. D810 24 mm (24.0 mm ƒ/1.4) 1/20″ ƒ/4 ISO 800

L’Islanda è la sede del secondo più vasto ghiacciaio europeo. Il Vatnajökull è localizzato a Sud, dove la sua circonferenza va a lambire la costa, formando la laguna Jökulsárlón. La lingua glaciale chiamata Breiðamerkurjökull, scarica i blocchi di ghiaccio prodotti dal ghiacciaio nella laguna, da dove questi vengono espulsi nell’Oceano.