Mother Nature Network: This gorgeous but frigid scene is Jökulsárlón, perhaps the most famous lake in Iceland.
Located at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, the lake first appeared only in 1934-1935. Since then, it has continued to grow at varying rates based on the speed of glacier melt. Only a handful of years ago, it became the deepest lake in Iceland at over 814 feet deep.
The floating icebergs that have calved from the glacier are a big tourist and photographer attraction, and a variety of companies......
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This is now deepest lake in Iceland, thanks to melting glaciers
Posted by Mother Nature Network: None Given on October 5th, 2015
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