#easticeland

15. Hörgshlíðarlaug Hot Spring, Mjóifjörður Fjord, East Iceland

Hörgshlíðarlaug. Hot water. Cold fjord. Green mountains on every side. A hot spring at the edge of the world that almost no one has found yet.

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Earth Bit Lab — Iceland Series: Before the Map Ends

Most people see Iceland from the road. The waterfall everyone photographs. The lagoon everyone visits. The glacier everyone stands in front of.

These are not those places.

These are the ones the island kept for itself — the hidden canyon, the steaming valley, the lava cave that glows for no reason, the crater that shouldn't be that color. The Iceland that exists just past the point where most people turn back.

3. Stuðlagil Canyon, East Iceland

The canyon that hid for centuries under a raging glacial river — until a dam calmed the water and revealed this. The earth had been keeping a secret.

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Earth Bit Lab — Iceland Series: Before the Map Ends

Most people see Iceland from the road. The waterfall everyone photographs. The lagoon everyone visits. The glacier everyone stands in front of.

These are not those places.