There was a significant amount of movement at the site of the volcanic eruption on Reykjanes last night, and viewers of the live webcam even saw a tongue of glowing red lava run into shot on the
May 14, 2021 05:11 PM EDT
You could possibly own a chunk of Iceland s newest erupting volcano at Fagradalsfjall, without being able to pronounce its name or site.
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Potential Buyers Makes Offer
The region of the eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula west of the capital Reykjavik is on a privately owned land, owned by landowners association of around 20 people, according to Iceland media reports. Sigurður Guðjón Gíslason, the association chairman told Visir the group has gotten inquiries from real estate brokers and other parties interested with a little number of offers already on the table. Presently, this should be the hottest land in the country, he quipped, also saying the group is prepared to sell for the appropriate price. The eruption started in March and has persisted for weeks, at times sending noticeable fountains of lava into the sky over the widely empty landscape.
Today’s
Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features a rare view of an eruption at Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwestern Iceland.
Red lava can be seen pouring from one of the vent systems. According to NASA, brown areas indicate where cooling lava has piled up and spread across valley floors.
On May 12, the Icelandic Met Office reported that the vents associated with the Fagradalsfjall eruption have spilled nearly 30 million cubic meters of lava since the start of the eruption in late March.
The image was captured on May 9, 2021 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.
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