The Land of Fire and Ice is home to countless natural wonders, like this brilliant blue cave formed within the ice of a glacier. (Glacier caves are often called ice caves, but the term "ice cave" is properly used to describe a bedrock cave that contains year-round ice; a glacier cave is formed entirely within the ice of a glacier.) The majority of Iceland"s glacier caves are in Vatnajökull glacier, which covers about 8% of the island nation and is one of the largest glaciers in Europe.
Glacier cave in Iceland
Today in History
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A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
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A long path to freedom
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
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Almond trees in full bloom, California
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
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With leaves this tasty, who cares about a view?
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Irohazaka road
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’Chess on ice’
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Turning darkness into light
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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World Environment Day
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National Napping Day
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The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
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Red squirrel
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Preveli Gorge
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Burns Night
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Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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World Rivers Day
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World Laughter Day
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Gazing upon Portraits of Change
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Winter in the Wild West
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A day for the dolphins
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act anniversary
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