It is reportedly very good for your skin. We don't recommend putting it in your hair though and some use conditioner before entering the lagoon to keep their hair from becoming very stiff and difficult to manage. The water comes from the nearby geothermal power plant Svartsengi. Geothermal power plants use boreholes to get their water, sometimes from as deep as 5, metres. There is no need to go further down than 2, metres in Reykjanes to get to the superheated water. At this depth, the water is infused with sea water and is very rich in minerals.
On the way up, the water changes to steam due to pressure changes. The steam then powers large turbines which in turn create electricity for the municipalities of Reykjanes. Leftover steam is used to heat up fresh groundwater which is pumped up from the surrounding area. The heated freshwater is then used to heat up houses. Reykjanes is one of a few places in Iceland where you can drink the hot water from the tap.
There was a small shed you could change into your bathing suit. No staff just the small shed. So free of charge. Before the time of the shed people would just find a good spot, or a lava lump, to change. And then came the part of climbing over the lava to get into the lagoon…! Love your post! You say the water is perfect temperature but I was there in August, it was down pouring and I was freezing, haha far from perfect temperature. Certainly to each their own.
Maybe going for the better package would be helpful next time? We had a blast and plan on heading back for the third time on our next trip. I went to this Blue Lagoon a month ago whilst visiting Iceland, where as mine was not a tour but a personal visit, I really enjoyed the ambience of the place and the wonder of the purpose it serves. I did wonder why the plant was there so thanks for clearing that up.. It was sub-zero temperatures and the water was nice and hot makes like an open outdoors hot-tub looking out at the snow covered mountains.
The minerals felt great on your skin not sure if it helped my pains, maybe I needed more visits, it is quite expensive though. Interesting article. We visited yesterday and loved it! We spotted the geothermal plant on the way in and I did wonder… But who cares how it is formed? Its still one of the most luxurious and stunning places to visit.
They are developing the site and expanding. Why do you have this need to portray the Blue Lagoon as less special. No one is being taken advantage of or being harmed in anyway by thinking that the Blue Lagoon is a special natural wonder.
Thanks for the informative article! I actually feel more comfortable visiting the Blue Lagoon now that I know the background. Further, the entire color spectrum of visible light is encompassed by white light. This can be shown with the aid of a prism, which allows us to effortlessly split white light into a rainbow of colors, each color corresponding to a specific wavelength.
When visible light encounters matter, its behavior is dependent on the wavelength of the light and the molecular structure of the matter.
In general, the various wavelengths are either absorbed or reflected. The reflected colors are what we see. The absorbed colors are invisible. When sunlight strikes a molecule of silica, blue is the only color that is reflected. The rest of the colors are absorbed. An analysis of the lagoon ecosystem, conducted in , revealed that this potent organism is a completely novel species of blue-green algae.
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