Lake Askja is now frozen after remaining ice-free beyond the turn of the year. Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, associate professor of geography at the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, says the lake froze on January 4 during relatively calm weather, after temperatures dropped sharply following the warm spell over Christmas. The image is a satellite image from Sentinel-2 (Copernicus EU), with the satellite’s orbit at an altitude of 786 km above Earth.Ice on Lake Askja is clearly visible from space
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January 10, 2026
Lake Askja is now frozen after remaining ice-free beyond the turn of the year. Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, associate professor of geography at the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, says the lake froze on January 4 during relatively calm weather, after temperatures dropped sharply following the warm spell over Christmas. The image is a satellite image from Sentinel-2 (Copernicus EU), with the satellite’s orbit at an altitude of 786 km above Earth.
