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the blue lagoon
thave always loved going to unique, out-of-the-way places, but the strangest
the blue lagoon in iceland. the seawater of the blue lagoon is heated far benea
although most lagoons are natural, this one is man-made. a nearby power plant pu
the strangest place i've ever visited was
agoon is heated far beneath earth's surface.
tom a mile below the surface, through a lava formation the water that's not used to make na
in-made. a nearby power plant pumps the hot water up
that's not used to make heat and
water is very warm about 104 degrees fahrenheit. it's also full of minerals that make
olid black rock formed from lava. the
minerals that make it appear a bright,
electricity at the power plant is sent into the huge lagoon cut out of solid b
shockingly blue color.
when i visited, i walked along a pathway carved through rock
d along a pathway carved through rock, toward a bathhouse. there, i changed into
a swimsuit and ran outside. the air was freezing, so i plunged into the lagoon, shivering. mam
warm-except for the top of my head, which was out of the water clouds of steam rose into the
into the lagoon, shivering. in a minute i was
water so thickly that i could hardly see the dozens of other people bathing. the water felt silky, and
slathered an unusual mud on my face from wooden tubs around the lagoon. i rinsed the mud
waterfall. by the time i left, i was sure i would never experience anything stranger or more worden
anything stranger or more wonderful than the
blue lagoon.
skill practice read each question. fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
1. which word best describes the narrator?
3. based on information in the passage, which
timid
of these would you not expect to see at the
® playful
blue lagoon?
@bright blue water
© curious
® fish swimming
sarcastic
© people covered in mud
2. where is the passage mostly set?
clouds of steam
in a hot seawater pool in iceland
4. which word best describes how the narrator
® under a waterfall at a hot spring
feels about the blue lagoon?
© near a volcano in iceland
ⓡamused
in a power plant in iceland
® frightened
© awed
confused
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strategy practice
write the words or phrases from the passage that you visualize the blue lagoon.