Eruption in Iceland: The shocking images of lava rivers near the Icelandic capital
La erupción del volcán islandés Fagradalsfjall, dejó impactantes imágenes de ríos de lava y de un resplandor incandescente visible desde Reikiavik.
The country's weather office warned the public of rock fall and also land landslides when the eruption of the volcano began, located in the Geldingardalur Valley in the Reykjanes Peninsula.
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Gas pollution is expected to extend to.
The most shocking images of the eruption, which show lava rivers winding, were taken from a helicopter of the Coastal Guard of Iceland.
This eruption occurs after the area registered more than 50,000 seismic movements in the last three weeks.
In 2010, the eruption of another volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, stopped air traffic throughout Europe.
However, the eruption of Filagrasfjall is not expected to throw a lot of ash or smoke, so aviation should not suffer interruptions.
The Icelandic weather office revealed that the eruption of Filagrasfjall was confirmed on Friday night through web cameras and satellite images.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 was recorded at 1.2 km of the volcano only a few hours before.