Showing posts with label Blue Lagoon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Lagoon. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2009

A LAST STROLL, BLUE LAGOON & AWAY

ICELAND - AUGUST 2008


"MOVIE STARS in Reykjavik's main shopping street"



"ICELANDIC DESIGN"


"SCULPTURE"


"PERLAN - The Pearl, built in 1988 and open to the public in 1991, is a unique building, with six huge tanks storing natural hot water for heating the city. On the top of it, we have a dome with our known revolving restaurant and a viewing platform with panoramic 360 degree views of the city and its surroundings"


"INSIDE GEYSER - Below the dome, between the hot-water tanks, is a small artificial geyser. This picture is dedicated to Louise, who used to get up there when in Iceland..."


"HALLGRIMSKIRKJA"


"REYKJAVIK & MOUNT ESJA"


DOME REFLECTION"


"SUNNY FJORD"


"BLUE FLAG AT BLUE LAGOON - Beach?"


"OUTSIDE"


"INSIDE - Blue Lagoon is a Geothermal Spa, located close to Keflavik Airport. The 40º Celsius waters are rich in minerals and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help many people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis"



"BATH TIME"


"BLUE LAGOON is a by-product of the nearby Svartsengi power plant"


"ROCK RESTAURANT inside the complex"


"SCULPTURE - Outside Keflavik Airport"


"ENLIGHTED COD FISH...."


"MORE SCULPTURES"


"TAKE-OFF as landing: grey and rainy..."


"SHETLAND ISLANDS IN THE BLUE!"