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    Didnt know quite where to post this but I think you enjoy the post. I took a bucket list trip to Iceland last week with the wife and some friends. Red eye flight arrived early and check in to AirBNB was not till 3:00. We decided to check out a volcano that had a minor eruption about a year ago. It was not far from the airport near Reykjavik. Hiked a few miles up to the lava field. Very cool. Day 3 we experience 4 earthquakes. One was a 5.2 on the richter scale at 3:00 am. I slept through that one. The dormant volcano was erupting. Authorities said it was not the type to blow the lid off the mountain. Last day of trip I had to do alot of convincing to get the group to go back to the volcano. We hiked uphill for 4 miles. How often in life do you get to see an erupting volcano? Enjoy the pics. I brought home a souvenir piece of lava.

  • #2
    Very cool, volcano is on my bucket list as well. Didn't know Iceland had them too

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    • #3
      Just WOW
      Missouri

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      • #4
        I'd say the hike back up was well worth it. Not many folks that walk the planet get to see what you saw.
        Coastal Plain of Maryland

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        • Tam
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          Well said brother

      • #5
        Cool! I'd be looking for knappable rock specimens. 😉
        South Carolina

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        • #6
          Iceland is amazing. Food? Not so much.
          Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida

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          • #7
            Amazing photos . Look up Eldfell 1973 when the town actually took seawater to hold back the lava and save the harbor .
            Ok living in Hawaii your going to see this . 2 decades ago Wayne was working on the Geo thermal plant . Flying over the lava fields at night was like Xmas .
            We have had our share of destruction here . The weirdest was the fishers opening up . I watched on TV for that one . I mean the block would open up like an earthquake movie . Of course people were evacuated .
            That's the Big Island not Oahu where I am .
            I would love to go to Iceland and Finland . And, and and 🤣

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