Vatnajökull and Jökulsarlon

Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Europe. There are a few places where it’s possible to get very close to it, including the Skaftafell/Vatnajökull National Park or Jökulsarlon, a lagoon where large pieces of ice come off from the glacier, forming icebergs. Next to it is a black sand beach called Diamond Beach: the name comes from the little icebergs stranded on the sand that look like diamonds… simply stunning!

Reflections of the Vatnajökull glacier

A waterfall in the Skaftafell National Park

Svartifoss, Skaftafell National Park

The glacier of Skaftafellsjökull, part of Vatnajökull

The glacier Skaftafellsjökull, part of Vatnajökull

The lagoon of Skaftafellsjökull with icebergs

An iceberg in the lagoon of Skfatefellsjökull

Northern lights, Skaftafell National Park

Northern lights next to the Skaftafell National Park

Northern Lights next to the Skaftafell National Park

Vatnajökull

Route 1 in the South of Iceland and Vatnajökull

The lagoon of Fjallsarlon

The lagoon of Fjallsarlon, the bottom of Vatnajökull glacier

The lagoon of Fjallsarlon

Vatnajökull

The lagoon of Jökulsarlon

Icebergs in the lagoon of Jökulsarlon

The lagoon of Jökulsarlon

This seal was swimming in the lagoon of Jökulsarlon, not realising that I was standing just next to the shore. When he finally saw me he was only 2 meters away from me and he dived so quickly..

…after he saw me and dived further away, the seal came back to the surface of the water and stared back at me. He was cute with his little face obviously scared of what just happened to him!