48 Pictures That Prove Iceland Is Actually Another Planet
Your bucket list just got a whole lot longer.
1. This is what the sunset looks like in Iceland.
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2. Seriously, this is an actual thing you can see on this planet.
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3. So the question is...
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4. Why do we all not live here already?
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5. Iceland has some of the most incredible views in the world.
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6. Like this.
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7. And obviously this.
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8. It has insanely colourful geothermal hot springs.
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9. And so many waterfalls.
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10. They are ALL beautiful.
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11. Like, whoa.
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12. There are also the geysers.
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13. Which look even cooler before they erupt, tbh,
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14. This is a real thing you can actually see.
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15. When Iceland isn't busy being a winter wonderland...
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16. It could probably pass for a tropical island.
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17. There are some wicked volcanoes.
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18. Don't be fooled, this is not Mordor:
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19. It is an actual place on this earth.
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20. Even the non-volcanic peaks are completely out of this world.
21. And that SYMMETRY.
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22. Honestly.
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23. This country is pretty much perfect.
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24. Not to mention it has ice caves.
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25. ICE CAVES.
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26. Perfect frozen hideaways just waiting to be explored.
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27. So unreal, so goddamn beautiful.
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28. Reykjavik, the capital, is basically the cutest.
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29. And has the best view.
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30. But the countryside is even more picturesque.
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31. I mean, so perfect.
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32. Iceland also has the Blue Lagoon.
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33. Which is basically like swimming in a warm cloud.
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34. The Jokulsarlon lagoon isn't too shabby either.
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35. There are completely amazing natural landforms all over the country.
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36. Like these smoking fields in Kerlingafjoll.
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37. Or this basalt column beach.
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38. Or steaming fumaroles, which are incredible, no matter how bad they smell.
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39. You can visit a lake inside a volcanic crater.
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40. Or bathe in a thermal cave.
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41. Icelandic glacier formations are some of the strangest and most beautiful things you'll ever see.
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42. Frozen perfection.
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43. How can some dirty ice be so completely stunning?
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44. And let's not forget that puffins are the squirrels of Iceland.
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45. And that black sand beaches > white sand.
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46. And that everything about the whole country is just completely unreal and gorgeous.
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47. Stop showing off, Iceland.
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48. (JK, let's all move there.)
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A previous version of this article included an image of the Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatau. The image has been replaced with the Icelandic volcano Bárdarbunga.