The shot, snapped by OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 on November 24, reveals lava oozing from a fissure in the Sundhnúkur crater series on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula.

A large fissure has opened up nearby, at the Sundhnukagígar crater north of Grindavik, with lava flowing both east and west. One estimate by the country's Met Office suggests "the lava flow has ...

The Icelandic Meteorological Office said in its latest update on December 3 that the lava flow from a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula had been “constant for the past few days”. A timelapse ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.

On volcanoes, a fissure is an elongated fracture or crack at the surface from which lava erupts. Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to those at a central vent after a period of hours or days.

An Icelandic peninsula experienced its fourth eruption since December with lava from a new volcanic fissure steadily advancing, though the eruption’s intensity had decreased, authorities said.

Increased earthquake activity began at about 2 a.m. local time and within about half an hour webcam images began to show lava emerging through fissures in the caldera or spurting in fountains.