These crazy videos of a volcano jetting lava 900 feet in the air happened just outside Iceland's capital city

Joel Abbott

May 5, 2021

Things like this are why visiting the land of fire and ice is on my bucket list:

The Icelandic volcano Geldingadalur has been erupting for over a month, but over the weekend the eruption changed, throwing magma an insane 900 feet into the air:

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Can you imagine living in Reykjavik while a volcano spews molten metal skyward just a few miles away??

I don't think I'd be able to sleep at night!

Still, all that fire sure is captivating. Check out these seriously stunning shots of the eruption alongside the Northern Lights:

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There's a livestream too if you want to watch the fire and fury in real-time.

What a beautiful and marvelously dangerous world we live in!


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