File:The Blue Lagoon - Flickr - big-ashb.jpg
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The Blue Lagoon (Icelandic: "Bláa Lónið") geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of an other-worldly lava formation. The Blue Lagoon spa and geothermal complex is clearly visible from any of the usual satellite imagery sources at coordinates (63.879, -22.434). The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help many with skin diseases like psoriasis. Water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant. Superheated water is vented from the ground near a lava flow and used to run turbines that generate electricity. After going through the turbines, the steam and hot water passes through a heat exchanger to provide heat for a municipal hot water heating system. Then the water is fed into the lagoon for recreational and medicinal users to bathe in. The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwestern Iceland. It is situated approximately 13 km from the Keflavík International Airport and 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík. |
| Date | Taken on 24 October 2006, 14:43 |
| Source | The Blue Lagoon |
| Author | big-ashb |
| Flickr tags | iceland, october, 2006, ísland, jules, verne, holiday, tour, blue, lagoon, bláa, lónið, geothermal, spa, steamy, waters, water, grindavík, reykjavík, big-ashb |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by big-ashb at https://flickr.com/photos/26673904@N00/535904273. It was reviewed on 9 July 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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| current | 06:53, 27 February 2021 | | 2,592 × 1,878 (2.35 MB) | Featous (talk | contribs) | Cropped 3 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode. Removed watermark. |
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