bits and pieces from the northern island.
I just realized, writing today’s update on the eruption, that we do not have a post dedicated to all the webcams pointing to the eruption. We have the links scattered here and there across our posts, so here you go. Vodafone.is: camera in Þórólfsfell, looking over the river Markarfljót and the glacier Eyjafjallajökull Mila.is: camera … Read the full article →
Iceland is often described, especially on travel package brochures, as the land of ice and fire. This is a decent description, but actually, as soon as you set foot on the island, you understand that this is a land where earth, wind, water, and fire are in constant fight against each other. Traveling through Iceland … Read the full article →
We have been having funny, little mini-earthquakes in the past days, and news reports linked them to volcano activity in the Eyjafjallajökull glacier area. Well, this night, around 11:30 local time, the volcano erupted, close to Fimmvörduháls, a walking path that is very popular during summer months. The exact location of the volcano is between the … Read the full article →