Volcanic eruption, Iceland (explored)
The enormous heat makes the image around the crater blurry. The heat of the lava can vary from 700° til 1250° Celsius.
After this shot was taken, volcanic eruptions continued in the area for around six months, after the first eruption started on the evening of March 19.
Fissures opened one after another on a south west - north east line on the Reykjanes peninsula where movements of the tectonic plates cause the plates to drift apart.
The blue haze and smoke is formed by sulphur dioxide that was hanging on the hot lava field due to little wind. Other emerging gases as fluor and not at least carbon monoxide can be very dangerous in valleys especially when there is little wind.
It is somewhat comical to see that the lava appears to be flowing upwards. However, there is a crater on a higher level that directs the lava to a lower level, nearby the one that you can see on the picture.
Volcanic eruption, Iceland (explored)
The enormous heat makes the image around the crater blurry. The heat of the lava can vary from 700° til 1250° Celsius.
After this shot was taken, volcanic eruptions continued in the area for around six months, after the first eruption started on the evening of March 19.
Fissures opened one after another on a south west - north east line on the Reykjanes peninsula where movements of the tectonic plates cause the plates to drift apart.
The blue haze and smoke is formed by sulphur dioxide that was hanging on the hot lava field due to little wind. Other emerging gases as fluor and not at least carbon monoxide can be very dangerous in valleys especially when there is little wind.
It is somewhat comical to see that the lava appears to be flowing upwards. However, there is a crater on a higher level that directs the lava to a lower level, nearby the one that you can see on the picture.