15 days, 3 minutes - Volcanic eruption in Geldingadalir Iceland

This is a 15 day time-lapse video made from the Icelandic National Broadcasting Services live stream of the volcanic eruption in Geldingadalir on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. The video spans about fifteen days in just 3 minutes. From 11:58 to 12:36 The eruption started in the evening of March 19th and continues to the making of this video. It´s expected to last for quite some time, weeks, months, years and even decades. It can´t be said for certain at this time. The volcano has been spewing out around 5.7 cubic meters per second (m3/s) of hot lava, around 5 million cubic meters every day. The °C () hot lava is the hottest to ever have been measured in Iceland. The lava has a chemical signature of a deep origin and the volcano is therefore suspected to be feed by a large reservoir of molten lava at depth of about 17-20km ( miles). The lava is expected to begin flow into the next valley sometime around 5th of
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