Gudrun's photos with the keyword: Fagradalsfjall

A photo from the 3rd day of the rather shortlived 2022 Meradalir eruption- fog and rainclouds drifting in from the sea. After 2021 (Geldingadalir) and 2022 (Meradalir), Fagradalsfjall started its 3rd eruption on 10th July, this time a bit further north at Litli Hrútur. After 6 days it has already built a sizeable cone with lava fountains, a lava tube and a lava river and has joined up with the old lavas from 2021/22. This year's eruption is not big but more powerful than the precdeding ones. The lava is nearly 1200°C hot and mantle derived, it comes from a depth of 17-20 km. Icelandic Met Office: en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/earthquake-activity-in-fagradalsfjall-area

seen from the path to Langihryggur. In the background is an eruption crater in the form of a more or less perfect circle, this type of crater is called eldborg (fire castle, Feuerburg) in Icelandic. The light coloured stuff is sulphur. The site of the 2022 Meradalir eruption www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/51496750 lies in the valley behind that crater.. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall_(Reykjanesskagi) www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/island-vulkan-verbluefft-vulkanologen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall www.futurity.org/iceland-fagradalsfjall-volcano-2801222

A steady procession of visitors, 10.000 in the first 48 hours of the new eruption;-) www.visitreykjanes.is/en/volcano-eruption/eruption-information/webcams-from-the-eruption-site hFF, folks!

Warning sign at the start of the path to the Reykjanes eruption Icelandic and English are to be expected but the third language shows just how many Poles there are working in Iceland!

Just 48 hours after it started, we managed to see the new eruption site at Meradalir. The weather sadly deteriorated and fog and rain clouds rolled in. At least I managed a few shots from the site where one of the webcams stands (which all too often only shows grey pea soup): www.visitreykjanes.is/en/volcano-eruption/eruption-information/hiking-and-parking We did the "easy" path via Langihryggur which was also the safest for gas pollution as the wind was blowing the fumes in the other direction.The black lava fields in the photo are from last year's eruption, in many places there's still hot lava underneath!