Fissural eruption of Bardarbunga VolcanoIn the late afternoon of 12 September 2014, Marco undertook a first flight by helicopter over the ongoing fissure eruption of Bardarbunga volcano. The fissure is located about 40 km north of the central caldera, in the Holuhraun lava desert, between Dyngjujokull and Askja Volcano. After having started at the end of August 2014, it was still erupting about 200 cubic meters of lava per second, becoming the most important volcanic event of Iceland in the last hundred years. The lava now flows nearly 20 kms from the vents! | |||
 The huge eruptive column over the fissure hidden by a dust storm: a helicopter appears as a tiny dot above the steam. |  The main cluster of lava fountains at the center of the fissure. |  Strong wind removes most of the thick steam from the vents. |  The highest lava fountains reach a height of about 200m. |
 Zoom into the biggest lava fountains. |  The southernmost vent is a cauldroun of boiling lava. |  The main lava flow can be seen at bottom right. |  Panoramic view of the entire fissure from the north. |
 Lava fountains seen from the west. |  The main lava flow in the background of a boiling crater. |  Cinder cones are quickly growing around the main fountains. |  The southernmost vent is the only one feeding a lava flow running west. |
| Photos Copyright Marco Fulle, Nikkor lens 80-200 f/2.8 | |||