Video shows northern lights dazzle above volcanic eruption in Iceland
Lava has been bursting from a volcano in Iceland for over a week after a series of earthquakes.
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Lava has been bursting from a volcano in Iceland for over a week after a series of earthquakes.
A time-lapse video showed the northern lights lighting up the sky as lava flowed from an erupting volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday. The volcano erupted on Aug. 22 for the sixth time since December. Videos also captured onlookers watching the eruption from nearby roads.
Dramatic images from Iceland show lava spewing from a fissure almost two-and-a-half miles long as the Reykjanes peninsula sees its 6th eruption since December.
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"Considerable lava fountaining" is spewing from a two-mile-long fissure as southwest Iceland battles its fifth volcanic eruption since December.
A "continuous curtain of fire" is coming out of the ground in Iceland, the Nordic Volcanological Center's Rikke Pedersen said, as the island nation's southwest region faces its fifth volcano eruption since December.
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Sulfur dioxide from Iceland's fourth volcanic eruption since December has already reached the U.K. and Ireland.
Lava spewed Saturday from a new volcanic fissure on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December, authorities said.
A state of emergency is in place in parts of Iceland after a volcano erupted again without warning, prompting evacuations.
Lava from yet another volcano eruption in southwest Iceland has damaged pipes supplying hot water to thousands of local residents.
A nearly 3-mile long fissure burst open Thursday, spewing lava that damaged a primary supply of hot water for thousands as a "severe frost" appeared overnight.
Officials said there was no immediate threat to the tiny town of Grindavik - evacuated after a previous eruption - or to a major power plant in the area.
Iceland has declared a state of emergency and evacuated thousands of citizens in anticipation of an imminent volcanic eruption. The Reykjanes peninsula region has experienced hundreds of earthquakes and tremors in recent days. Seismologists warn that means an eruption is very likely. CBS News' Chris Livesay reports.
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The eruption, the second in less than a month, came after a swarm of earthquakes near the town of Grindavik, and the community was evacuated.
A volcano in Iceland began erupting Sunday, sending lava into the nearby fishing town of Grindavik. Nobody was hurt, as the town was evacuated overnight.
The volcano eruption in Iceland opened an approximately 2.5-mile-long fissure and created lava fountains up to 98 feet high near the fishing village of Grindavik.
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