Black Sand Beach: a breathtaking landscape

Published:2022-02-27 04:10:53 By: Nohea

Listed among the 50 most beautiful beaches in the world, Reynisfjara, better known as the Black Sand Beach is the most famous in Iceland.
Reynisfjara, the original name, is a 10-minute drive from Vík í Myrdal in southern Iceland.

The peculiarity of this beach is the prevalence of black colour throughout the landscape. The beach consists of small pebbles of lava resulting from the eruption of the volcano Katia sliding from the walls of the mountain down to the coast allowing the formation, in addition to the sand, also black basalt rocks, called "Reynisdrangar". Initially, these were connected to Reynisfjall Mountain, but as the years passed, the wind and waves submerged the lower part of the mountain, thus only the highest rocks emerged. Another characteristic of this place is the Icelandic Smurfs, marine birds also known as ‘sea clowns’.

Let us not forget the sleepy waves, so defined by the Icelanders, which arrive suddenly and with extreme force from the Atlantic Ocean.
A breathtaking landscape full of beauty, but at the same time recalls the incredible power of nature, which, over the centuries, has shaped the island of Iceland, making it what it is today.

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