Ice Beach at Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon Iceland

The last morning of my 10 day Iceland trip I had put aside for the black sand Ice beach at Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in the Vatnajökull National Park,  in Southern Iceland.  It had been clear the day before (and I got the Northern Lights the night before), but on the last morning there was no actual sunrise, the dawning of the day was heralded only by a lightening of the shades of grey in the sky.  So I stayed in bed in my camper van, being utterly exhausted after 10 days of chasing light.  I got up around 8am, which was a huge sleep in, had a leisurely cup of tea, then wandered down to the beach where everything had brightened up considerably, and there was even a little late colour in the sky.  Sometimes sleeping in pays off.

The icebergs that break off the Vatnajökull Glacier into the lagoon slowly make their way down the outlet to the sea.  Many of the bigger icebergs get jammed in the shallow channel, and then get pushed back in again with the tide, and so go back and forth a couple of times daily until they melt enough to float freely out to sea.  Even then their trial is not over, as many of them  get washed up on the volcanic black sand beach either side of the outlet, at least for a while.  There were some huge icebergs there the day before, high and dry and looking like they would never move, the next day they were gone to be replaced by others.

Date Change for Iceland Photo Tour 2015.

We have had a slight date change for next years photographic tour of Iceland.  Rather than beginning August 25th as originally planned, we are now booked for August 19th – August 30th 2015.  We had a hotel booking conflict that was easier to resolve by changing dates, so thats what we have done.  I have all the info now, itinerary, dates, costings ect… Now I just have to write the web page…