For Iceland does have ice, even in the heights of summer, in the form of several glaciers. As it falls, it starts to bend inside, as it runs into solid rock walls it starts to bend well, sometimes. Sometimes it just pushes its way through like an overgrown nail file. Fresh snow on top disguises all the cracks that start to form on the inside. And a glacier can reach incredible thicknesses. I so vividly remember watching them on a convenient slidey bit where you could scramble up an ice-boulder and slide back down.
Half an inch of ice broke revealing an abyss underneath. I make that sound delicate and gentle. Very few volcanoes offer much danger from lava and messy ashy things like E15 are rare. It scraped out a big deep bowl as it retreated and that bowl is now full of meltwater and icebergs that have calved off the snout of the glacier.
Again, dangerous. See the aforementioned wave. Also, the floating icebergs often flip themselves over with no warning. Go out on a boat trip to see it up close. Pick the right boat trip and you might even get waffles and jam thrown in. I said earlier on that you can play on the glaciers — with the correct expert. There are helicopter tours that will drop you gently on top to admire the view.
I think there may even be a dogsledding guide on one of them. Just pack warmly. This is what a glacier snout looks like close up. People for size context.
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