Visiting the Eruption Site: Essential List From the eruption site. Photo/Kristinn Magnússon Vala Hafstað If you plan to visit the site, please note the following: People in quarantine are prohibited from visiting the area , since it attracts thousands of people every day and the risk of infecting others is high. For the next few days, the hiking trails will be open from 6 am till 6 pm, unless otherwise announced. Everyone must leave the area by 10 pm. Check the weather forecast when planning your trip. Check the dispersion of volcanic gases here or here . Make sure your cell phone is fully charged.
Potential Area of Eruption Larger than Before Fagradalsfjall mountain. Photo/Skúli Halldórsson Vala Hafstað Morgunblaðið . He believes that area to include Fagradalsfjall and vicinity, not the area south of the mountain. According to Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, tectonics specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, the magma dyke may have reached a hindrance or constriction under the Nátthagi area, south of Fagradalsfjall. Constant expansion is being registered in the area, and magma continues to flow into the dyke. Benedikt deduces this from the latest satellite picture, analyzed yesterday. Geophysicist Freysteinn Sigmundsson. mbl.is/Kristinn Magnússon The comparison of satellite pictures taken in the past weeks shows tectonic divergence on both sides of the magma dyke, which has formed between the mountains Keilir and Fagradalsfjall, amounting to up to 10 cm on each side, Freysteinn tells
Iceland Welcomes Non-Schengen Citizens with Vaccination Certificates Waiting for vaccination in Reykjavík. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
Travelers from the UK, the US, and other nations outside the Schengen Area with valid certificates of either vaccination or prior infection will be allowed to visit Iceland,
Morgunblaðið reports. A regulation to that effect will be published today. It will take effect immediately, states Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir.
“I concluded there were no factual reasons for discriminating against nations outside the Schengen Area,” Áslaug Arna states.
The government website just posted the following statement:
Icelandic authorities have decided to enact regulations this week, allowing travelers from the US and UK who present certificates of vaccination for COVID-19 to enter the country.
Icelandic Film and ‘Húsavík’ Nominated for Oscars Screenshot from Yes-People. Icelanders had reason to cheer yesterday when the 2021 Oscars nominations were announced. The Icelandic film Yes-People (Já-fólkið) was nominated In the category Short Film (Animated). It is written and directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson, who produced it with Arnar Gunnarsson for the digital design and animation company CAOZ, Reykjavík. The other Oscars nomination with an Icelandic connection is in the category Music (Original Song). In particular, the residents of Húsavík, North Iceland, had a reason to celebrate, for the nominated song is no other than “Húsavík,” from the film