Red and black seem to mar the icy g

Red and black seem to mar the icy glacial landscape of southern Iceland. The gray-black filaments are past glacial melting outbursts called j?kulhlaups. These abrupt flooding events gush down this outwash plain called Skeiearársandur, one of the world’s largest. The Skeiearárj?kull Glacier reaches down from the top left of the image. The plain is mostly devoid of vegetation, but red coloring indicates low moss, birch shrub, and other grass species.