Creeping Icelandic Lava Flow Threatens Popular Tourist Spot
conceive of relaxing in Iceland ’s Blue Lagoon , floating in its steaming celeste waters with a mud masquerade party rejuvenating your typeface . Now imagine being severalise to evacuate the resort and spa immediately . Why ? Well , a moving ridge of lava is slowly roll towards the democratic tourist destination . On the even of November 20 , the Icelandic Meteorological Office registered a series of earthquakes on Iceland ’s Reykjanes Peninsula announcing the bam of a volcanic fissure — where lava spill out from a crack , as pit to a blowhole — nearStóra Skógfell mound , about 31 miles ( 50 kilometer ) southwest of the capital Reykjavik ....