During the 2002 eruption, swaths of lava up to ... a large elongated fissure or fracture (as seen on the diagram above) or a tiny ground crack. Nyiragongo is notorious for releasing large amounts ...

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick ...

Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to a central vent after a period of hours or days. Occasionally, lava will flow back into the ground by pouring into a crack or an open eruptive fissure ...

Flights are currently unaffected. Volcanic outbreaks in the Reykjanes peninsula are so-called fissure eruptions, which do not cause large explosions or significant dispersal of ash into the ...

The eruption began near Grindavik, a small town long threatened by volcanic disruptions, and prompted the closure of a popular tourist destination.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A small new fissure eruption in an ice-free area of Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano system prompted authorities to raise their warning of the risk of ash to aviation to the ...

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.

The new fissure, first spotted by a sightseeing helicopter, was about 500 meters long and about a kilometer from the original eruption site in the Geldinga Valley. The Icelandic Department of ...

A new volcanic eruption has occurred on Iceland’s Reykjanes ... Drone photographer Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove flew over the fissure caused by the volcano in the early hours of 21 November, filming ...