North of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall, a new volcanic fissure opened in July 2023. This drone footage from Isak Finnbogason captures that fissure on its first night. Lava fountains jet from the Keep reading
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“The Beauty in Creation”
Volcanoes are endlessly fascinating to watch, especially in this era of drone photography. Joey Helms’s short film “The Beauty in Creation” shows the Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland. Sail over rivers Keep reading
A Glimpse of Earth’s Interior
Lava spurts from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland in this award-winning photo by Riten Dharia. It’s always bizarre to see molten rock flowing in fountains and rivers because it’s so Keep reading
Fagradalsfjall Volcano
We’ve seen a lot of drone photography from volcanic eruptions in the last few years, but this footage from Iceland Aerials seems even more daredevil than usual. In this video, Keep reading
Lava Landscapes
Lava flows are, by definition, transient. In his LAVA series, photographer Jan Erik Waider explores the changing vistas and textures of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption. Using a telephoto lens, he Keep reading
“Stranded”
The advantage of flying a drone over a volcanic eruption is getting all of the beauty with none of the danger. No asphyxiating on sulfuric gases, no burns from intense Keep reading
Ferrovolcanism
Beyond Earth, scientists expect to find objects formed by a volcanism much different than what we typically see here. Researchers used Syracuse University’s Lava Project apparatus to simulate ferrovolcanism — Keep reading
Lava Fields From Above
Lava flows are endlessly fascinating to watch. They’re a destructive act of creation that seems in many ways familiar; after all, lava moves the same way we see other viscous Keep reading
Lava and Life
Kilauea’s 2018 eruption gave us some of the most stunning volcanic footage ever seen, a tradition carried on in this BBC footage. As powerful and destructive as lava is, it’s Keep reading
Lava at Night
Today’s cameras and drones capture volcanic eruptions in ways that were unthinkable in years past. This incredible footage shows the recent eruption in Iceland as it glows in the night. Keep reading