The eruption that had been threatening to happen for some time on the Reykjanes peninsula on Iceland started on Monday, and has been changing by the hour.
Local residents were asked to keep their windows closed on Monday night, but the initial issues with sulphur dioxide have reduced to the extent that a path to the eruption site has now been opened up. Paul Berry has shared some links on his Devon Geography blog.
Eruption update: Within the first hour the fissure near has grown to 900 metres in length #reykjanes #volcano #eruption #iceland https://t.co/lyeiZNOdA0
— Benjamin Hennig (@geoviews) July 10, 2023
The global news coverage of the first eruption at Fagradalsfjall in 2021 was estimated to be equal to spending almost 50 billion ISK (ca. 290 million GBP) on marketing, as stated in this @morgunbladid article back in 2021 https://t.co/22MQLWYJ67 #iceland #volcano #tourism #money pic.twitter.com/cIfyg8UeEe
— Benjamin Hennig (@geoviews) July 11, 2023
Some of my fellow Rayburn Tours tutors are fortunate enough to be arriving imminently, and will have an overhead view as the plane approaches Keflavik airport.
The University of Iceland has also been quick off the mark to map the new lava flows. They are called either Litli or Litla-Hrútur depending on which map / name you read.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/Natturuva
At the time of posting the eruption site is closed for safety reasons.
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