hot water heat

iceland part 10: blue lagoon via krisatomic

how nice are these photographs of the lava field and geothermal spa in Grindavik. icy combo of warm and cool, as waters thin and hot steam rises over hard stone and board. to lay face down in that water, floating in murky white.

i remember the sulphur pools in bulgaria, but that was a dry heat, yellow and golds and greens. bathing in sunflower fields, the grasses folding and swaying, i'm looking up at the sky now. the water rushed from the pipes, i held my body underneath until my skin burned from the heat. and that night i slept better than i ever had before.