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the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon, Iceland
April 6, 2015

Purple Haze

“I cannot describe the feelings that were flowing through my entire self when I finally got to Jökulsárlón,” writes Szymon Bielikowski, a member of our Your Shot community. “It was a spiritual experience.” Bielikowski photographed the glacial lagoon while on a lone journey through Iceland. “I could stay there for weeks, months, who knows how long?” he writes. “It is as beautiful as it is sad. I will get back there as soon as I can.”

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Photograph by Szymon Bielikowski, National Geographic Your Shot

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