Clear drone footage of erupting volcano in Iceland

Click play to see drone footage shot by Bjorn Steinbekk of an erupting volcano in Iceland shared by Twitter user Wonder of Science:

About Iceland Volcano

Icelandic volcanos regularly make top news in the global media, like the notorious Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, which stopped all air traffic over Europe for several days by spewing ash in the air, and the latest media sensation Fagradalsfjall that erupted in 2021.

As a result, many people ask; Is a volcano still erupting in Iceland? Of course, we understand the interest; there is hardly anything as fascinating as volcanos.

The easiest way to find out is to check the official Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanos and see if any of the 32 active volcanic systems in Iceland has a color code RED (a volcano is considered active if it has erupted in the past 10.000 years). If no volcano is erupting, likely, we won’t have to wait too long for the next one since Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions on the planet, and an eruption occurs every four years on average. However, the duration of eruptions is quite variable; they can last from just minutes or hours up to months or even years.

The nature of eruptions in Iceland is diverse, from small effusive eruptions where lava flows rather quietly from fissures and crater rows to large explosive eruptions in ice-covered central volcanos that produce large ash plumes – literally where fire meets ice. Volcano eruption drone footage Volcano eruption drone footage

The reason for Iceland’s intense volcanic activity is the country’s geological position, where we have an interplay between a spreading plate boundary on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean ridge and a powerful mantle plume creating a hot spot on the surface. Together, they produce large amounts of magma, filling the gaps in the crust made by the spreading plates, resulting in frequent eruptions along the rift zone.