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lava light shows & DARK DESCENTS

eparate clouds of smoke rise from either side of the road to Grindavík. On the right, steady while plumes emanate from the famous Blue Lagoon. Long before Iceland became a poster child for mass tourism, this was one of its main attractions — those stopping over en route to or from America could come to these soothing waters just 20 minutes from Keflavik Airport. Today the experience has been refined

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