Back at the car I got called by a journalist from a local paper in my country (my brother in law has contacts there) and the interview resulted in this news article #litlihrutur #reykjanes #iceland #news www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/43137...
I decided not to cross the faultline again and use the path to the 2021 eruption site to get back to my car and civilisation #litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #fog #fagradalsfjall
I waited until 5:20 am but unfortunately there was no nice sunrise. I was running out of food and water and still had 18km to hike so it was time to leave. The volcano created a nice glow though #litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #volcano #epic #cloud #hill #moss
The sound of breaking glass could be heard at the edge of the lavafield with scorching heat #litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland
A black spot where the lava flowed into the pond is what was left from a collapsing piece of crater rim at 3 am #Litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #night #epic #awe
Who needs a TV when you can watch lava flow all night ? This photo was taken just after midnight, some night in July 2023 #LitliHrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #girtl #awe #epic #hill
I got a bit creative during while spending a night at an erupting volcano. This is 1 second exposure at 170 mm (full-frame) showing liquid stone flowing as water. Have a good weekend ! #LitliHrutur #reykjanes #iceland #volcano #eruption #lava #flow #pond #longexposure #creative #epic
A drone shot at around midnight of the 2023 #LitliHrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #drone #dji #djimavicpro
Turning her back to an active eruption
There was still enough light at midnight in Iceland as it was summertime #litlihrutur #reykjanes #iceland #eruption #lava #picnic #chilling #festival #familyevent
I brought hot noodles, snacks and warm clothing to the 'viewing hill' looking at lava the whole night
Scientists took emasurements and authorities taking gas measurements on a drone to monitor the safety of about 50 people doing the same #litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #vivid #epic
Evening with overcast skies unfortunately no nice sunset... Between mount Keilir and the eruption is Reykjavik at 16 km #LitliHrutur #keilir #reykjanes #iceland #eruption #fog #evening
Photographing in awe... Have a good weekend #litlihrutur #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #volcano #epic
View over the scorching hot lava pond that formed 13h before this photo was taken #lava #volcano #eruption #pond #lavapond #epic #litlihrutur #reykjanes #iceland
I wanted to get the drone airborne but nature knocked under my feat, I decided to run instead #litlihrutur #eruption #lava #heat #keilir #reykjanes #iceland
The West-side was a different experience at some 100m distance. Although the volcano is in focus, hot air rising from the molten lava pond between me and the volcano (out of view) made the photo blurry #litlihrutur #eruption #lava #reykjanes #iceland
Searching for a 'path' to the West-side meant some more hiking. In the end we found a small passage over the fissure-crack between less than a week old lava #LitliHrutur #eruption #fissure #lava #reykjanes #iceland
Such an eruption creates it's own local climate due to the immense heat. This was a dust tornado triggered downwind from the eruption. I was close enough to the cone to not be touched by it #litlihrutur #volcano #eruption #tornado #dust #dusttornado #lava #reykjanes #iceland
Looking up more than 30° to see flying lava overhead. This was at some 40m of the crater's base and I did not dare to get closer #litlihrutur #eruption #crater #lava #close-up #helicopter #reykjanes #iceland
At some 40 meters from the cone anxiety creeped in thinking lava or gasses could actually kill me #LitliHrutur #volcano #eruption #reykjanes #iceland #lava #bucketlist
A little bit of extra hiking got me pretty close to the erupting crater. The wall had collapsed on the left side the night before so I felt reasonable 'safe' #litlihrutur #volcano #eruption #lava #reykjanes #iceland #bucketlist
My drone already had 'scars' from the 2021 eruption but I made it worse, flying too low over flowing lava... (video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufzd...) #litlihrutur #reykjanes #iceland #eruption #drone #lava #melting
It is a bit strange to feel attracted by an erupting volcano, walking toward danger in awe #volcano #eruption #lava #people #awe #litlihrutur #reykjanes #iceland #july2023
July 20th, 2023: Authorities opened the area and after some 1,5h of walking I got the first glimpse of the Litli Hrutur lavafield and crater #LitliHrutur #eruption #lava #lavafield #reykjanes #iceland #volcano #fissure
I booked tickets within the hour of the Litli Hrutur eruption starting in summer 2023 and this was the first glimpse from the airplane (right in the picture). The area was closed however due to uncontrolled moss fires #litlihrutur #keilir #reykjanes #iceland #eruption #lava #mossfires
In addition to the #volcanic gas plume, the #LitliHrutur #lava field is shrouded in #smoke from a #wildfire burning beyond the flow edge. The fire emissions exacerbate #AirQuality issues, and also contain CO₂ (and other gases) that could interfere with volcanic gas measurements.
