#lavamoss

1. Eldhraun Lava Field, South Iceland

A lava field the size of a country, covered in moss so green it doesn't look real. It is. Every inch of it.

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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.

11. Eldhraun Lava Field under Northern Lights, South Iceland.

Eldhraun at night. The aurora finds the moss and they share the same green. For a few hours, the sky and the earth become the same thing.

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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.