January 14, eruption north of the town of Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, who left impressive photographs of what the event looked like.

Faced with an emergency situation, Icelandic authorities They evacuated a small town fishing was carried out early in the morning as a precaution, although the lava flow began to subside the next day, Icelandic public television RÚV reported.

“It’s no surprise that this rift in the south has stopped. The eruption has also subsided in another, larger fissure, so overall activity has decreased significantly,” University of Iceland geophysicist Magnus Tumi told public broadcaster Rás 2 today.

Tumi assured that this is not yet possible I know how long this can last current eruption and recalled that what happened last month lasted two and a half days.

This natural phenomenon left shocking images which highlights the intense color of the lava, as well as the proximity of some houses to the volcano and erupting fissures.

In this photo you can see lava explosions and smoke rising from one of two cracks in the area, which were formed as a result of earthquakes that occurred in the area before the eruption in the city of Grindavik.

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In these images you can see proximity of houses to an erupting volcano.

While this photo was taken from a Coast Guard helicopter, which allows you to observe the amount of lava coming out of the volcano when the eruption begins.

There were also videos documenting the event. On January 15, reporter Bjorn Steinbeck published photographs rivers of lava, burning houses.

The eruption is not expected to affect other populated areas and does not pose a “threat to life,” the Icelandic government said, adding that there would be no disruption to flights to or from Iceland.

Near the second eruption in the area since December 2023. and the fifth from 2021.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters)