glacier lake · jökulsárlón · iceland

GLAcIEr LAkE, jökULsárLón

Figures, objects even cities of ice. This is motion frozen into form: fascinatingly surreal and mystical. A potential threat is audibly noticed - a crack and crunch, a crackle and groan which could only mean that this sleeping beauty could become a lurking danger. Volcano ash has dyed the ice fractals blue black, like sculptures formed by light and a spirit’s hand. We are astonished. An ice lake which is never frozen? our Icelandic scout provides us with an explanation. The water’s high salt level keeps it liquid. During the shooting of a James Bond movie, they blocked the feeder river; the lake froze solid to an icy mirror. That wasn‘t necessary for us. In fact, we liked to play around with the water’s different physical conditions even using mist and fog on the vehicles.