Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula Erupts in a Blaze of Lava

Brightness temperature images acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite on December 18 (left) and December 19, 2023.

After weeks of warnings, a new fissure has opened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland.

The waiting is over. After weeks of ominous earthquake swarms and warnings from geologists about the possibility of an eruption, lava began to pour from a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late on December 18, 2023. The eruption is located about 4 kilometers (2 miles) northeast of the town of Grindavík and…

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