冰河湖对面的钻石冰沙滩，冰岛 Diamond Beach across from Jökulsárlón, a glacier lagoon in Iceland (© surangaw/Getty Images)

冰河湖对面的钻石冰沙滩，冰岛 Diamond Beach across from Jökulsárlón, a glacier lagoon in Iceland (© surangaw/Getty Images)

Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach

The icebergs stranded on this magnificent black sandy beach in Iceland are what give Diamond Beach its name. Sparkling like gems, they're a natural museum of sorts for tourists who flock to this beach year-round to walk among the nature-made sculptures, with some icebergs as tall as the tourists themselves.

It's about a five-hour drive east from the capital of Reykjavik to get here. But the biggest attraction in this area is Jökulsárlón, the glacial lake just across the Ring Road from this beach. It's a sparkling, still, blue lagoon dotted with huge glacial icebergs, which tourists motor around via pontoon boats. The lake began forming in 1934, when the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier started retreating, leaving the lagoon in its path. The lake's size has increased fourfold since the 1970s.

黑色沙滩上闪闪发光的冰钻石

搁浅在冰岛这个宏伟的黑色沙滩上的冰山，让钻石海滩得名。它们像宝石一样闪闪发光，是一座天然博物馆，适合常年涌向这片海滩的游客在天然雕塑中漫步，有些冰山和游客一样高。

从首都雷克雅未克向东驱车约5小时到达。但该地区最大的景点是Jükulsérlón，这是一个冰川湖，就在环城公路对面。这是一个波光粼粼的，静止的，蓝色的泻湖，点缀着巨大的冰川冰山，游客通过浮桥船四处航行。1934年，当布列亚默库尔冰川开始退却时，湖水开始形成，在它身后留下一片泻湖。自20世纪70年代以来，这个湖的面积增加了四倍。