Real, Fun, Science. The birth of a new volcano – with video!

Last Wednesday, a brand-new volcano sprouted from the ground in the Rekjanes peninsula in south west Iceland. The following video shows the exact moment when magma, rising in a dyke, breached the surface and red-hot lava came issuing forth.  To have video of this moment is both rare and special.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/icelandgeology/posts/1220428168794401/

The eruption is ongoing.  You can follow its progress in real time (weather and smoke permitting) on the web cams available here:

https://eruption.acme.to/

If you wish to dig deeper into the underground machinations of this and other volcanoes, I can highly recommend Volcano Cafe.  It is run by academics with reasoned commentary plus very readable in-depth articles on this and other eruptions.  

  

https://www.volcanocafe.org/