Volcanic Eruption in Iceland

Volcanic eruption in Iceland forces tourists to evacuate Blue Lagoon, as lava flows near town of Grindavik - CBS News

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of tourists at the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the national broadcaster RUV reported. The eruption began around 4 a.m. following an intense seismic swarm on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, Iceland's Met Office said.

The photos in that article are awe inspiring. A short 20 second video, also from CBS News can be found at this link. Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of town, Blue Lagoon spa

Geldingadalir Volcano in Iceland — 21 august 2021

Iceland's newest volcano, Geldingadalir, broke through the earth's crust on March 19th of this year.

It has been fascinating. I haven't posted about it because, while volcano's are interesting, they are really not the focus of this blog. Even though I've written about them in the past. Really. Not. The focus.

That said, this video from 21 August is amazing.

This is Drone video of Iceland Geldingadalir Volcano 21 August 2021

The current state of the volcano seems to be quiescent. (I am always looking in the rearview mirror.) But the pattern of tremors indicates that it may pick up again soon. Unlike the weather, I think they are getting fairly good at predicting volcanoes.