VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND PT III - Night Edition -
After a year long period of seismic unrest on the Reykjanes peninsula, the month of February 2021 saw an increase in that process with more than 40.000 earthquakes recorded.
The outcome of that tectonic event resulted in the apparition of a volcanic fissure in the mountains of Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula on the eve of the 19th of March 2021.
The eruption, judged non threatening at the moment to populations, is happening in a small valley from that massif, called Geldingadalur.
Due to its size and location, the public is allowed to visit the site when weather permits.
I managed to access the location two days after it's started for a first visit and I went again and again to experience the transformation of the land as it's still ongoing.
Now more than two months later, the lava field is huge. Out of the numerous craters that appeared, only one remains now in the middle of the crack and act like a lava geysir with rest and unrest phases every 10 minutes.
Barriers of soil have been attempted in order to slow down the lava flow to reach the road on its way to the ocean but lava overflowed those barriers after a couple of days.
To be continued...
5, 6 and 7th visits at evening/night on 14, 23/04 & 02/05/21
