All images © Thrainn Kolbeinsson, shared with permission
Photographer has been camping out on the Reykjanes peninsula in recent days documenting the long-awaited eruption of Iceland’s . Following and nearly 6,000 years since its last event, the Geldingadalur landform, which is located about 20 miles from Reykjavík, has been transformed into a scorching scene of molten lava, ash, and explosive bursts that spatters across the sky—the setting is so dramatic and ominous that the internet has even started .
Kolbeinsson says that after a few days of calm, “the Earth suddenly opened up, and the night sky turned red,” erupting in a blazing mass of lava that roils through the charred landscape. “Even though it might look terrifying, it was actually a beautiful experience watching the violent spits from the volcano quickly turn into smooth streams of glowing lava as new earth was being born. Every day the area has changed, and at this pace, the whole valley will fill up in about 10-20 days,” he writes.
See more images and footage from the site on Kolbeinsson’s and . You also can find a larger collection of his shots from around Iceland on and check out available prints in . (via )
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