Imagine yourself dashing around mostly-naked outside in 2 degree weather before frantically jumping into the warm 39 celcius waters of a geothermal pool. This is the Blue Lagoon (Bláa lónið), yet another odd Icelandic occurrence. Neither natural, nor intentional, it is an unusual and surrealistic pean of serendipity created by a geothermal powerplant. With it’s mineral rich content and unusual algae, the natives soon found that a dip in this ersatz spa was quite nice and so they designed a high-tech spa facility and restaurant around it for foreigners to take the edge off Iceland’s ridiculously exhorbitant prices.