Latest eruption at Sundhnúkur on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 22.03.2024
Taken during a helicopter flight over the volcanic region - this was and still is the only way to see the eruption as the area is completely closed off to public.
This was a dream come true and a very last minute, and emotional trip. I’m so grateful that I could go 🌋🇮🇸❤️
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Crater Collapses in Iceland's New Volcano Spewing Rivers of Lava
Iceland's newest volcano, located in the Reykjanes peninsula, began erupting in early July, 2023. Now it's throwing "spatter bombs'" of molten lava.
In Iceland, the world's newest "baby" volcano is throwing a temper tantrum: It's overflowing and spewing "spatter bombs," or blobs of molten lava, into the surrounding crater.
The volcano formed on July 10, when an underground eruption opened a 1.7-mile-long (2.7 kilometers) fissure in the ground of Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, southwest of the capital, Reykjavík. Leading up to this event, the region experienced a "seismic swarm," during which more than 7,000 earthquakes shook the area starting on July 4, according to a statement from the Icelandic Met Office. Lava trickled from the fracture in the ground, and seismic activity decreased for about a week after the eruption.
On July 18, however, "there was a major shift in the vent activity overnight," according to a post on the Facebook page of Rannsóknarstofa í eldfjallafræði og náttúruvá (the Laboratory of Volcanology and Natural Hazards), a research group from the University of Iceland. At around 11:30 p.m. local time, "the crater filled up to the brim with lava and the fountaining began to throw spatter bombs well beyond the crater rims." Roughly three hours later, a small opening formed, allowing lava to spill over the crater, the post added. By early morning, a section of the crater's rim had collapsed, releasing a river of lava to the north and west. The lava pouring from this crater is roughly 2,192 degrees Fahrenheit (1,200 degrees Celsius), the scientists said.
"The crater became unstable and collapsed," Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, an associate professor of geography at the University of Iceland and member of the lab, told Live Science in an email. "It had built up quite fast and it was filling up with lava on the inside, causing pressure to the walls. Not unusual as such but spectacular and of concern since there were people quite close by not long before it happened (in a closed area though)."
On the opposite side of the volcano, lava flowing south stalled and eventually crusted over, the post said. The area around the eruption site is uninhabited, and the eruption does not currently post a risk to infrastructure, according to the Icelandic Met Office. Firefighters in Grindavík, a nearby Icelandic town, have already contained the potential spread of fire from July 18's lava spill, and they no longer believe it is a threat, according to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
Scientists will continue to monitor the volcano's behavior because future lava flows could ignite wildfires and reduce air quality in the region, according to the statement. Watch a livestream of the volcano on the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service's website here.
Sorry but there's something funny to me about the waterfall in Gravity Falls becoming a hyperrealistic bloodflow during Weirdmageddon like what a lavafall isn't edgy enough for you
The evil rulers of the Old Order have finally been defeated. The battle was long and difficult and not all our heroes made it out alive. Despite it all, smiles were drawn on the survivor’s faces and with a final hurrah they prepared to go into the sunset.
But their celebration must be cut short. A tremor is felt.
The mighty castle starts to crumble, and the adventurers make a run for it. Avoiding the falling debris, they head out to the exit, but the very earth starts to rupture, and its hot insides start to pour out.
To top it all off, the remaining evil armies are still out for blood, loyal to the end they won’t let the heroes go through.
Can the remaining party members make a successful escape?
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