After a quiet Saturday with no eruptive activity, the fissure near Bárðarbunga sprang into life again early on Sunday (yesterday) morning. I awoke to glorious images online:
Eruption at the fissure near Bárðarbunga, Iceland, early morning Sunday 31 August 2014. Photo from the University of Iceland twitter feed.
Eruption at the fissure near Bárðarbunga, Iceland, early morning Sunday 31 August 2014. Photo from the University of Iceland twitter feed.
Pahoehoe basalt lava from the eruption at the fissure near Bárðarbunga, Iceland, early morning Sunday 31 August 2014. Photo from the University of Iceland twitter feed.
The eruption continued throughout Sunday so it was possible to see the lava fountains live on the online webcams. Some of them were 70 m high. Later on in the day more images from close to the scene came through:
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Iceland, Sunday 31 August 2014, at the fissure eruption near Bárðarbunga, Iceland. I would love to be here (apart from the poisonous SO2 gases…) Photo from Thorbjorg Agustsdottir’s twitter.
although as a storm passed through for some of the day, no fly-overs were possible. As darkness fell yesterday evening, more stunning images were provided:
Stunning screengrab of the fissure eruption last evening, with the lava reflected on the underside of the clouds. From a Mila webcam, screengrab by Oddition at VolcanoCafé.
As I write (Monday 1 September afternoon) the eruption is continuing.
2 September update: Some stunning aerial photos taken by Einar Gudmann on Monday 1 September here, and magnificent aerial footage filmed by Skarphéðinn Snorrason: