Iceland ’s Fagradalsfjallvolcanoerupted for the first sentence inalmost 800 yearson Friday , March 19 , giving local photographer Bjorn Steinbekk a prospect to capture some magnetize lagger footage of the effect . The unbelievable video shows glow lava spewing from a cranny in a valley in the Reykjanes Peninsula , close to the island ’s southerly coast .
The irruption took topographic point within the Krysuvik volcanic system , which does n’t have a central volcano and has been inactive for one C . It was first announce by theIcelandic Meteorological Office(IMO ) , which has continued to supervise the eruption over the past few day .
In its late update , the IMO account the seismic activity as “ minor ” , add that “ the eructation will decrease gradually and end in the coming twenty-four hours or week . ” Though located only around30 kilometers ( 19 miles)from the Icelandic capital Reykjavik , the emerging lava is not considered a risk to the local population , and no one has been injure .
“ Gas pollution from the vent is not gestate to have a significant impact on the well - being and health of residents on the Reykjanes Peninsula and the capital letter area in the next few days , ” explains the IMO .
The effect of this past weekend did not , therefore , occur as a surprisal to locals , who had been ask some major volcanic bodily process for some weeks . The word of advice signs also gave Steinbekk the heads - up that it was time to get his droning quick for action .
Naturally , as a photographer in Iceland , it ’s always a good musical theme to be ready for a spectacular eruption , with the island being famous for its seismal activity . locate directly on the Mid - Atlantic Ridge – where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates take on – it ’s one of the most volcanically active spots in the world .
Back in 2010 , the Eyjafjallajökull vent burst in spectacular style , send a colossalash cloudinto the atmosphere and ground all air traffic over the region for more than a calendar week . Fortunately , the Fagradalsfjall blast of this weekend has deform out to be far less severe and is report to be subside as the lava flow slows .
Yet this does n’t make the volcanic eruption any less spectacular to wait at , as Steinbekk ’s jaw - cut down video demonstrates . live streamof the eruption has also been set up , give viewers the fortune to determine as it slowly winds down .
