Volcanic Eruption in Southwestern Iceland: Lava Spews Through New Fissure
Thursday night, a volcano in southwest Iceland erupted for the sixth time since December, spewing brilliant crimson lava from a fresh breach on the Reykjanes Peninsula. After a sequence of major earthquakes, the eruption started just after 9 p.m. Within an hour, a fissure spanning 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) surfaced through the Sundhnúkur crater, signifying the most recent occurrence in …