Never-Ending Waterfalls: Impressive Video
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Klifbrekkufossar waterfalls are among the treasures of East Iceland.Never-Ending Waterfalls: Impressive Video
Klifbrekkufossar waterfalls are among the treasures of East Iceland. Read more
Klifbrekkufossar waterfalls are among the treasures of East Iceland. Read more
The Norwegian salmon farming company Lerøy Seafood Group estimates that approximately 14 thousand salmon over seven kilos have escaped from the aquarium of the subsidiary of Lerøy Midt in Reitholmen, Fillifjord. The farming area was one of the places where an unusually high number of dead fish were found in the last year.
Reverend Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir was elected bishop of Iceland today.
Over 40 earthquakes have been detected in the last 24 hours in the magma tunnel at Svartsengi.
Mari Järsk, Andri Guðmundsson, and Elísa Kristinsdóttir broke the Icelandic record in the Iceland Backyard Ultra in Öskjuhlíð today when they finished 51 laps. They have been running since nine o’clock on Saturday morning.
The inflation at Svartsengi is stable and there are now about twelve million cubic metres of magma in the magma chamber. A slight increase in seismic activity at the magma channel has been seen in the last few days. This is what Minney Sigurðardóttir, a natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Met Office, says to mbl.is.
Zak Nelson and his fiancé Elliot Griffiths from the UK were just off on a long-awaited trip in Iceland when an accident occurred. A car crossed the wrong side of the road and hit the couple’s car, causing Elliot to suffer serious injuries and required operations for internal injuries. Zak, who escaped much better, sat down with a reporter and told his story.
Guðmundur Fertram Sigurjónsson was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the annual conference of the European Wound Management, EWMA, in London this week.
Recently the Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra and the Spanish singer Aitana released a song titled Akureyri. However, this collaboration has been a source of some attention as they had a romantic relationship for several months in the last year but announced their break-up at the end of the year.
The Icelandic government decided this morning to submit to the Icelandic parliament a bill by the Minister of Infrastructure, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, to create a special executive committee for the matter of Grindavík town because of the impact of earthquakes on the region and society.
A special effort could be made to put in place incentives for individuals and companies to install solar panels, as has been done in many of our neighboring countries.
Coastal fishing began today, and many boats left the pier early this morning. There are now 825 boats at sea around Iceland under remote surveillance by the Icelandic Coast Guard’s command center, Ásgeir Erlendsson, the information officer of the agency, revealed.
The Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management intends to submit proposals for action to the Minister of Justice later today regarding further development of the defense parks on the Reykjanes peninsula.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has updated the risk assessment due to the seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The risk due to lava flow has been considered to have increased, while the risk due to volcanic ash is considered to have decreased.
In her speech on the occasion of International Labor Day, chairwoman of Efling Union, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, called on the Icelandic government to condemn the Israeli government. She did not mince words and said that the Icelandic government is suffering from a deep sense of submission when it comes to the situation in the Gaza Strip.
According to Isavia’s forecast, 8.5 million passengers will travel through Keflavík Airport this summer.
Sigurður Reynir Gíslason, a geochemist and research professor at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Earth Sciences, has been elected honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work in the field of Earth Sciences.
Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson says that it seems that activity in the volcano at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has increased overnight and there are signs that the inflation in Svartsengi has stopped.
The police in South Iceland believe they have a clearer picture of what happened in a summer house where a Lithuanian man died last week.
According to a poll conducted by the Icelandic Centre for Social Research, Prósenta, there is a strong changing movement among the top-ranking runners for president, and this can be seen in the results of other polling firms, such as Maskína and Gallup.
The active crater at Sundhnúkagígar crater row could grow even larger if the magma production increases, which is likely, according to a volcanologist. Inflation in Svartsengi seems to be slowing down, which could mean that there is “something is about to happen.”
A total of 11 people will be running for the office of the President of Iceland. This was stated in the ruling of the National Electoral Commission.
Yesterday, Kristinn Magnússon, photographer for the newspaper Morgunblaðið and mbl.is, received the prize for news photo of the year 2023. The photo was taken at Hallgrímskirkja church where the residents of Grindavík came together in November.
The police in Suðurnes are asking people not to go on foot to the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. This is stated in the police’s Facebook post last night.
Land continues to rise at Svartsengi even though there is still an ongoing eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. There is uncertainty about what happens next.
The artwork The Outlaw by Einar Jónsson has been vandalized at Hólavallacemetary in Reykjavík.
The hiker Bergur Vilhjálmsson began his hike into Hvalfjörður from Akranes with a sled loaded with 100 kg around 14 am today.
The activity of the eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has not changed much, but it seems that the crater‘s wall has risen since yesterday.
The board of Þórkatla real estate company has now approved the purchase of 263 properties in Grindavík and the owners of the properties concerned have received confirmation of approval. The approved applications have been sent to the purchase agreement which can take up to ten working days.
The fact that tourists try to get too close to the eruption site at Sundhnúkagígar crater row is a problem that has also occurred in previous volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula. However, no rescue teams have been called in connection with the current eruption, but it was noted that an attempt was made to drive a Dacia Duser car offroad in the area. That car is no longer in the lava field as we reported earlier.
Today, a Japanese ski jumper attempts to break the world record in Hlíðarfjall in Akureyri in collaboration with the beverage manufacturer Red Bull.
A large avalanche fell on the road in Hestfjorður last night, causing some delays in traffic through Ísafjarðardjúp in the Westfjords.
Bata Osovina and Tata Osovina have recently posted videos on their social media where they are very close to the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
Businesses in Grindavík have called upon MPs and ministers in the South Iceland district to take measures to save them.
An abandoned Dacia Duster car appeared to be stuck in the lava field at the beginning of the route that goes west of the Blue Lagoon yesterday.
The police say that injuries to a man in his 40s, who is from Lithuania, have led to suspicions that his death in a summer house in Kiðjabergi in Southern Iceland was caused by foul play.