Picture a landscape so strange it looks like it belongs on another planet — steaming vents hissing out of blood-red earth, lava towers rising from still blue water, and craters scattered across the ground like giant footprints. That’s Mývatn. Mývatn means “midge lake” — it’s known (and sometimes notorious) for its swarms of midges in … Continue reading Lake Mývatn & the Diamond Circle: A Day in North Iceland’s Volcanic Backyard