We’re not lengthy again from Iceland (you’ll be able to see the video simply produced from our journey right here and weblog posts will observe shortly), solely to listen to that there’s a new eruption at Geldingadalir within the Reykjanes Peninsula.
The Fagradalsfjall volcano, which began erupting on nineteenth March 2021, immediately turned one in all Iceland’s hottest points of interest – fairly actually – and drew an estimated 350,000-400,000 vacationers, giving the nation a much-need enhance after COVID.
Lava stopped spewing from the volcano in September of final yr, making it the longest volcanic eruption in Iceland for some 50 years, and it was formally declared as now not erupting on sixteenth October 2021. (Nonetheless, after we visited final month, we may nonetheless see lava down one crack near the crater – extra on that in a separate weblog publish later).
Within the meantime, you’ll be able to see stay footage from the positioning of the most recent eruption – a 100 m crack down Merardalir, near the identical website – right here:
