Top 20 Things to Do in Lake Mývatn - Trip to Mývatn

Mývatn offers a unique natural environment. With large contrasts and small distances you can experience the most and the best that Iceland h...

8 Photos of Iceland's Barðarbunga Volcano

Iceland's Barðarbunga volcano has been erupting since Aug. 29, with lava shooting out of the ground on the Holuhraun lava field about ha...

Dimmuborgir

History Dimmuborgir , "dark castles", is a volcanic formation zone in the North of Iceland and is one of Iceland's most visite...

New eruption: 60 m high lava fountains

The effusive eruption in Holuhraun that started early this morning is producing 50 - 60 meter high lava fountains, according to a volcanolog...

Biking around lake Mývatn

In the summer time, biking is the best way to travel around Mývatn Lake in north Iceland . The surrounding nature at Mývatn is so breathtaki...

Holuhraun eruption lasted 3-4 hours

The fissure eruption in Holuhraun lava, north of Vatnajökull glacier, which started at midnight, is already over. The eruption lasted for ab...

Holuhraun Eruption Tour in Iceland - Bárðarbunga Eruption Sightseeing Flight

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 There was a nervous atmosphere as we travelled in silence to Mývatn. The Visiticelands.blogspot.com team had ju...

Seismic activity near the Askja caldera

A 4,5 Magnitude earthquake occurred just east of the Askja caldera at 01.52 GMT this morning and strong seismic activity has been detected s...

Eldey Island (Southwest Iceland)

Eldey is a 77 m. high rock around 15 km. southwest of the Reykjanes peninsula, only 0.03 km2 in size. The last of the great auks, a species ...