A spectacular large-scale volcanic eruption has begun in south-western Iceland, spewing lava out of a 4km-long fissure, after weeks of heightened seismic activity.
The fissure opened north of the coastal town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula and close to the Blue Lagoon, one of the mid-Atlantic island’s main tourist attractions.
Iceland has been on high alert since early November, when thousands of earthquakes and heightened seismic activity began near Grindavík, only 19km from the country’s Keflavík international airport.
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