Curious onlookers made their way Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the fissure appeared in an uninhabited valley.
The volcano last erupted between March and September 2021 and drew over 435 000 tourists. Curious onlookers made their way on Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the fissure appeared in an uninhabited valley.
While last year's eruption was easily accessible on foot and drew more than 435 000 tourists, the new eruption is trickier to access, requiring a strenuous 90-minute hilly hike from the closest car park. The fissure was estimated to be around 360m long, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Thursday, with lava fountains about 10-15m high.per second, according to measurements done Wednesday at 19:05 - 3.5 hours after the eruption began - by scientists from the Institute of Earth Sciences."The current eruption is therefore much more powerful," the Institute wrote in a Facebook post.By comparison, last year's six-month eruption saw 150 million cubic metres of lava spilled over 4.
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