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Svartsengi geothermal power plant, Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Svartsengi means Black Meadow in Icelandic. Water from the power plant is used to fill the man-made Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, which is one of Iceland's top tourist attractions.

Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Keflavik, Suðurnes (Southern Peninsula), Iceland, Europe

Photo ID: ICE_3452_Geothermal_Plant_near_NL_Inn__Grindavik_R_027CEA

File state: Final

Photo size: 22.1 Mpixels (63.3 MB uncompressed) - 5760x3840 pixels (19.2x12.8 in / 48.8x32.5 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Black Meadow, Blue Lagoon, electricity, energy, generation, generator, geothermal, heat, heat exchanger, hot water, Martin Grace, power plant, power station, spa, steam, super-heated steam, thermal spa, tourism, tourist, turbine, volcanism, volcano