A map made with satellite datas highlights the latest lava spread as gas pollution threatens nearby towns.
The Icelandic Met Office has released a map showing the progression of lava flows from the ongoing eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.Created using satellite imagery captured at 6:16 a.m. local time on Thursday, the map displays the current lava spread in red, alongside previous lava flows from earlier eruptions in 2023 and 2024, marked in purple.The eruption site, identified using satellite data from 4:14 a.m., is centered between Stóri-Skógfell and Sýlingarfell.
This eruption marks the seventh this year and the latest in a series of eruptions since 2020 that marked the reawakening of this volcanic region which had lay dormant for hundreds of years.'In the case of the Reykjanes peninsula following a long period of hiatus , seismic and volcanic unrest began in 2020, accompanied by inflation—this suggested new melt was indeed making its way into the crust,' Jenni Barclay, a volcanologist at the University of Bristol, told Newsweek.
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