Kristin gave a presentation to our Sea to Sky group at Papa’s restaurant about how volcanic activity has affected her town of Grindavík. In this image she is describing a map showing the extent of lava flows that were emplaced during the 2023-2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions.
Cracks in parking lot associated with a fissure that opened up in downtown Grindavík.
View of lava flow that impinged upon the outer part of Grindavík in early 2024.
Closer view of the edge of the early 2024 lava flow. Here the lava flow overran houses and inundated a road at the edge of Grindavík. Housing material can be found incorporated into the lava (not visible from this vantage).
#UMaine ERS 410 Sea-to-Sky Update: Our team visited Grindavík, southern Reykjanes Peninsula, where Kristín María Birgisdóttir showed us how her town has been inundated by earthquakes, graben formation, and #lava flows from the eight eruptions of Sundhnúkur since 2023.
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