Shots from an unexpected day hike, which is about a four or five hour hike in the Icelandic wintertime (the sun rises at around 11AM and sets around 3PM). We got lost looking for coffee one morning near a town Northeast of Reykjavik, known for geothermal activity. Instead of coffee we found a trail head. So we packed our gear and started on a snowy hike along a geothermal stream. Steam billows up from the ground and the streams along the trail.
We met some Icelanders a few miles in who asked if we were going to the top to get in. At the top, maybe four or five miles in we came to a place where two streams, one of cold snow melt and one of very hot geothermal bubbly water joined to make a warm area that was (apparently) safe to get in. There were wooden platforms setup to set your gear out of the snow and get in. You could control how hot you wanted it to be by migrating closer to the hot or cold sources. Pretty great soak session.