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By Press Association 2021 Steam and lava spurt from a new fissure on a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland Steam and lava have spurted from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle. The new fissure, first spotted by a sightseeing helicopter, was about 500 metres (550 yards) long and about a kilometre (around half a mile) from the original eruption site in the Geldinga Valley. The Icelandic Department of Eme...

The land of fire and ice: Iceland's thousands of years of volcanic history Due to Iceland's location on the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary, and its location over a hot spot, the northern Nordic island country has a high-concentration of active volcanoes.  Known as the land of fire and ice, the island currently has 32 active volcanic systems, 13 of which have seen eruptions since the settlement of Iceland in AD 874. The most active system is  Grímsvötn. Iceland is Europe's biggest and most active volcanic region, home to a third of the lava that has flowed on Earth...

New crack with lava appears at Icelandic Volcano ( 1 A handout picture released by the Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management shows lava flowing from an erupting volcano near Grindavik, Iceland on April 5, 2021. A new crack spewing lava appeared about 40 kilometers from Reykjavik in Iceland on Monday, after the eruption here has been ongoing for more than two weeks, according to the meteorological institute and live images from Icelandic television. (Photo/Agencies) A handout picture released by the Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management s...

Maybe We’re The Visitors, a new solo album, digitally via Keyed Records this Friday, April 9. McConnell previewed the album, made exclusively with synthesizers, by sharing its lead single, “Radio Silence.” Maybe We’re The Visitors was penned and recorded during sessions held in Reykjavik, Iceland and Burlington, Vermont. Page tapped journalist David Fricke to write notes for the album. Advertisement Read excerpts from Fricke’s notes below: In January 2020, shortly before the coronavirus shut down modern life, including travel, McConnell took a road trip that had nothing to do with ...

Hikers evacuated as lava spews from new fissures in Iceland volcano April 06, 2021 Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month. REYKJAVIK — Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle. The new fissure, first spotted by a sightseeing helicopter, was about 500 meters (550 yards) long and about a kilometer (around a half-mile) from the original eru...