Do you know about the Blue Lagoon in Iceland?

When traveling to Iceland, you must go to the hot springs. Among them, the Blue Lagoon is the most famous. So how much do you know about the Blue Lagoon? Now, I will introduce to you the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.

The Blue Lagoon of Iceland, a light blue (light-toned) wonderland on earth. Iceland is a country full of hot springs. It is said that 87% of Icelanders use hot springs to bathe. There are more than 800 natural hot springs in Iceland, but the Blue Lagoon, located on the outskirts of Reykjavik, is the most famous one.

40 kilometers away from Reykjavik, near Keflavik International Airport, there is a black lava beach with scattered heights. The Blue Lagoon is located here: a piece of softly melting into the rough background. , deep green tundra landforms and dormant volcanoes can also be seen in the distance.

The Blue Lake is the largest hot spring lake in the world. The natural lava landform makes the bottom of the lake uneven, but the deepest point is only 180 centimeters. Looking at the Blue Lake from a distance, the mist is rising, and the lake is light blue. Just one look at it makes people feel close to it.

How did such a paradise on earth come into being? It can be considered an accident.

In the 1970s, Icelanders built a geothermal power plant near the airport. When the hot spring water extracted from the ground seeped back into the ground, it actually formed a layer of natural milky white crystals on the surface of the black volcanic lava. . These springs, heated by underground magma, collect in the pits of the lava and gradually form pools of water.

Icelanders began to come here to swim and enjoy hot springs. Because the lake water contained various minerals from volcanic lava and silica from deep within the earth’s crust, people discovered that the Blue Lagoon had magical healing properties. Not only can it beautify, but it can also cure skin diseases such as psoriasis.

In 1999, the Blue Lagoon officially became a spa resort with therapeutic effects and became a label for Iceland travel. In recent years, Blue Lagoon Hot Spring has also developed its own skin care brand. Facial masks made of Blue Lagoon silica mud, lava mud and seaweed mud are very popular.

As for why the Blue Lake presents this soft light blue, the rich silica in the lake water gives us the answer. Sometimes, the lake water in summer will appear green like seaweed. But in fact, the lake water is milky white, and you will find the truth as long as you gently pick up a handful.

There are also some strange algae growing in the lake. The high temperature environment of the hot spring gives them unique survival capabilities. These algae are very rare. One of them is currently only found near volcanoes in Japan, and the other is The unique algae of Blue Lagoon Hot Spring shines with sapphire color in the sunlight.

The bottom of the Blue Lake is white, which is caused by the silica in the earth's crust dissolved in the water and precipitated. This kind of silica mud has the effect of cleaning the skin and beautifying the skin. At Blue Lake, you can apply white silica mud all over your body for a beauty treatment.

One year, Blue Lagoon Hot Spring hosted Iceland’s famous Radio Music Festival, and the stage was moved to the lakeside. Music fans soak in the hot spring pool, drink champagne, sway to the ethereal music in the mist of mist... This kind of experience can be considered unique.