One of the must-dos while traveling in Iceland is getting up close and personal with a glacier. We wanted to get as close as possible, so we opted to do a glacier walk. For us, being inexperienced with equipment needed for walking on ice, it meant joining a guided tour that included crampons, ice picks, and training in how to use both. For our walk, we headed toward the glacier where the ice planet scenes from Interstellar were filmed. While one might expect a glacier to be snowy white, or icy blue, this one was mottled white and brown. As it turns out, a volcano erupted about seven hundred years ago, coating the glacier in a layer of black ash that is stuck visible today.
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