The color of the sand is due to a type of lava crystal ... Home to the Blue Lagoon and stunning waterfalls, Iceland also has a unique beach unlike anything else you’ve probably seen.

Iceland is known for its breathtaking landscapes, from volcanoes to glaciers, but one of its most famous beaches is also one of its most dangerous. Reynisfjara is located on the country’s ...

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant ...

The sand gets its color from obsidian ... mountain Vestrahorn on the Stokksnes peninsula in southeast Iceland. Surrounded by black beaches, the reflection of Vestrahorn's majestic steep cliffs ...

Iceland's Vik Beach is one of the most breathtaking black sand beaches you'll ever see! Photo: iStock Move over, powdery white shores — there's something irresistibly dramatic about black sand ...