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Terrible breaking news: Splashing lava flows trap thousands of tourists and climbers
Lava spattered and flowed over the weekend inside the crater of a Iceland volcano that began erupting in August. The Icelandic Volcano Observatory said the lava is confined to the summit crater of Reykjanes Peninsula's.
The new eruption began August. 20. The observatory said there was no data to indicate magma is moving into either of Fagradalsfjal rift zones — areas where the volcano is splitting apart. Vents on the northwest side of the crater spattered while erupting lava flowed through crusted-over channels into a lava lake that has formed in the crater.
The lake was about a tenth of a square mile and about 620 feet (189 meters) deep, with a narrow black ledge surrounding the area, the observatory said. A small island of cooler, solidified lava floated in the lava lake, rising about 20 feet (6 meters) above the surface, scientists said.
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