Fire and Ice-volcano eruption in Iceland at Fimmvorduhals, a ridge between Eyjafjallajokull glacier and Myrdalsjokull Glacier.
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ARCTIC IMAGES / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BKG3R4File size:
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3414 x 5120 px | 28.9 x 43.3 cm | 11.4 x 17.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 March 2010Location:
Eyjafjallajokull GlacierPhotographer:
Ragnar Th SigurdssonMore information:
On March 20th, 2010, an eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano began in Fimmvörðuháls following months of small earthquakes under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The eruption began around in the evening and opened a 0.5 km (0.3 mi) long fissure on the northern part of the pass. Just over a week later, the Fimmvörðuháls eruption produced a 300-meter-long fissure and new craters were seen erupting on a northward path toward the area of Thorsmork, a popular tourist nature preserve, prompting tours to stop briefly as volcanologists assessed the situation further. In April this was followed by a larger eruption on Eyjafjallajökull itself, and there are fears that this will trigger a much bigger eruption of nearby Katla.