The silica in the water is used in a range of beauty products sold by the people running the Blue Lagoon, and helpfully they put the raw stuff (minus the gravel) into pots around the pool for you to daub all over yourself... as you can see here.
© Mark Hughes & Audrey Bowerman, July-August 2003
page created: 16th August 2003 | updated: 7th November 2005