Day 4 - Jökulsárlón at night

Scott thought that visiting Jökulsárlón at night might just be a little bit magical, he was right. The weather turned, it was soon pitch black, and we had no idea what kind of landscape we were driving through as we followed the reflective markers along the sides of the ring road. We arrived at the glacier lagoon just after 9pm, and it was surreal. The serene darkness was punctuated with the odd crack as an iceberg split apart, followed by gentle waves lapping the shore as it fell into the water, and a small sparkling light where the newly exposed ice caught the moonlight. Yet again we couldn't believe our luck that the torrents of rain we'd driven through completely disappeared and the clouds parted to reveal a full moon. The photos we took here were taken on a long exposure in the dark and we were surprised to see blue skies.Read more