{"id":236235,"date":"2023-12-19T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/?p=236235"},"modified":"2023-12-19T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:22","slug":"shock-pics-show-thrillseekers-flock-to-2-5-mile-grindavik-volcano-crater-as-it-finally-erupts-after-weeks-of-quakes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/world-news\/shock-pics-show-thrillseekers-flock-to-2-5-mile-grindavik-volcano-crater-as-it-finally-erupts-after-weeks-of-quakes-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock pics show thrillseekers flock to 2.5-mile Grindavik volcano crater as it FINALLY erupts after weeks of quakes | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOCAL thrillseekers last night ignored warnings from local officials to get a glimpse of Iceland's erupting volcano up close.<\/p>\n

The Grindavik volcano finally erupted on Monday, spewing molten lava 330 feet into the air from a fiery crevice over two miles long.<\/p>\n


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Shocking footage captured the volcano\u00a0exploding as burning red plumes of fire and smoke poured into the black sky.<\/p>\n

After weeks of concerning earthquakes and a crack even opening up in the nearby town, the volcano finally burst. <\/p>\n

Now shocking pictures have emerged of dozens of people gathering near the fiery spectacle to watch lava pour down the mountain.<\/p>\n

Almost 4,000 people were evacuated from the nearby town of Grindavik in recent days amid fears they would be at risk from the long anticipated eruption.<\/p>\n

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But government officials were forced to repeatedly warn people wanting to get close to the volcano.<\/p>\n

One spokesperson said: "Think about someone other than yourself and follow the guidelines of the public safety. Please".<\/p>\n

Iceland cops also added: "An eruption has begun. <\/p>\n

"We ask people not to be in front of the responders and not to go in the direction of the eruption. <\/p>\n

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"It is important that roads and other things are as accessible as possible."<\/p>\n

The eruption ripped open a 2.5 mile-long crack in the surface of the volcano, which at one end is only three kilometres from local town Grindavik.<\/p>\n

Grindavik itself is only 25 miles southwest of Iceland's capital Reykjavik.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson previously said: "The eruption does not present a threat to life".<\/p>\n

The lava is appearing to flow away from Grindavik instead of towards it, giving residents and officials hope for minimal disruption.<\/p>\n

Local geologist Bjorn Oddson told Icelandic media RUV: "The eruption is taking place north of the watershed, so lava does not flow towards Grindavik".<\/p>\n

This is the volcano's fourth eruption in just two years.<\/p>\n

One tourist from the US, Robert Forrester, who wanted a closer look,said it was like "something from a movie".<\/p>\n

Four boys told local media that they always go to watch eruptions in the local area and said: "We are trying to see the eruption. <\/p>\n

"Unfortunately, we didn't get any closer. It's a hobby that we've had for four years, attending every single eruption, and we'll continue to do so."<\/p>\n

Iceland\u00a0is seen as a seismic and volcanic hot spot as the two plates – Eurasian and\u00a0North American\u00a0– move in opposite directions.<\/p>\n

The country declared a state of emergency after recent concerns increased, with the UK foreign office warning that "no travel can be guaranteed safe".<\/p>\n

Halldor Geirson, an associate professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, warned that the eruption "could potentially go on for several months".<\/p>\n

He also said it could "just stop later today or tomorrow".<\/p>\n

Geirson warned that there "is still a threat" to Grindavik.<\/p>\n

Reykjavik is also at risk of gas pollution tonight or tomorrow as a result of the eruption, Iceland's Met Office warned.<\/p>\n

A statement said: "According to the weather forecast, gas pollution could be noticed in the capital area late tonight or in the morning.<\/p>\n

"New work is being done on a hazard assessment card and it will be issued later today."\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tourists have anxiously waited to see if travel in and out of Iceland would be affected by Monday's eruption.<\/p>\n

But a government spokesperson said on Tuesday: "There are no disruptions to flights to and from Iceland and international flight corridors remain open."<\/p>\n

An evacuation effort had already taken place in recent days that saw nearly 4,000 people moved out of the fishing town of Grindavik in the country's southwest.<\/p>\n

Iceland's president,\u00a0Gu\u00f0ni Thorlacius J\u00f3hannesson, said: "It is not clear what damage it can cause, but now we rely on our scientists as well as all those who need to do monitoring and other operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"Above all else, we protect human life but we do all the defence of structures to the best of our ability."<\/p>\n

Inhabitants of Grindavik described being whisked from their\u00a0homes\u00a0as the ground shook, roads cracked and buildings suffered structural damage in a recent devastating spell of bad weather.<\/p>\n

Belgian-born Hans Vera, 56, has lived in Iceland since 1999 and said there had been a constant shaking of his family's house.<\/p>\n

"You would never be steady, it was always shaking, so there was no way to get\u00a0sleep," said Vera, who is now staying at his sister-in-law's home in a Reykjavik suburb.<\/p>\n

"It's not only the people in Grindavik who are shocked about this situation it's the whole of Iceland."<\/p>\n

Almost all of the town's 3,800 inhabitants had been able to find accommodation with family members or friends, and only between 50 and 70 people were staying at evacuation centres, a rescue official said.<\/p>\n

Some evacuees were briefly allowed back into the town on Sunday to collect belongings such as documents, medicines or\u00a0pets, but were not allowed to drive themselves.<\/p>\n

"You have to park your car five kilometres from town and there's 20 cars, huge cars from the rescue team, 20 policemen, all blinking lights, it's just unreal, it's like a war zone or something, it's really strange," Vera said.<\/p>\n

The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa had also been closed as a precaution.<\/p>\n

It comes after a British woman\u00a0filmed her boyfriend's house shaking\u00a0before they were forced to flee amid euption fears.<\/p>\n

Caitlin McLean, from\u00a0Scotland, was visiting her boyfriend Gisli Gunnarsson when a series of earthquakes led to the evacuation of 3,000 people from Grindavik.<\/p>\n

Ms McLean, 34, captured the moment the furniture and light fixtures shook violently in Mr Gunnarsson's home on Friday.<\/p>\n

The couple packed only a few essential items to stay with Mr Gunnarsson's mother in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n

The Reykjanes peninsula is a volcanic and seismic hot spot southwest of the capital.<\/p>\n

The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption of 2010 was the second-largest of the 21st century, resulting in the cancellation of almost 100,000 flights across Europe.<\/p>\n

A six-day airspace ban was implemented because of the ash clouds filling the sky.<\/p>\n

That volcanic event, where lava was also seen spewing hundreds of metres into the air, lasted from March 20 to June 23.<\/p>\n

In March 2021, lava fountains erupted spectacularly from a fissure in the ground measuring between 500-750 metres long in the region's Fagradalsfjall volcanic system.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0just months ago in July, the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted\u00a0again following heightened seismic activity in the area.<\/p>\n

The Icelandic Meteorological Office said last Monday that there was a "significant likelihood" of an eruption in coming days on or just off the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik, despite the size and intensity of earthquakes decreasing.<\/p>\n

Matthew James Roberts, director of the service and research division at the meteorological office said: "We believe that this intrusion is literally hovering, sitting in equilibrium now just below the earth's surface."<\/p>\n


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