Glaciers Make Waterfalls and Little Icebergs

The north east section of Iceland is home to a huge glacier, or lots of big glaciers.  It depends on how you interpret them.  It is summer.  Even though 45 degrees does not sound warm to you it is warm to a glacier.  It makes them melt.

Freshwater glacier "calve" into rivers or bays and make icebergs.  Hanging glaciers melt and make waterfalls.

When we toured today we also found that the icebergs float down rivers to the ocean and the wave action drives them back onto beaches. 

These are new arrivals on Diamond Beach.  If you want to know why it is called that look at this ice chunk after a few hours under the sun.

The sand is black and that makes the ice chunks look like large diamonds.  While I photographed these chunks a nearby seal stopped by to offer some advice on proper framing.