The lava flows on the the ground after the Bardabunga volcano erupted again on August 31, 2014.
The lava flows on the the ground after the Bardabunga volcano erupted again on August 31, 2014. Scientists estimate the fissure to be at least 1.5 kilometres long. The lava is estimated to be six to eight metres thick and flowing at a rate of about 1,000 cubic metres per second. Iceland cut its ash warning level for aviation to orange from red on Sunday, saying a fresh fissure eruption in Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano system was not creating ash. Iceland's largest volcanic system, which cuts a 190 km long and up to 25 km wide (118 miles by 15.5 miles) swathe across the North Atlantic island, has been hit by thousands of earthquakes over the last two weeks and scientists have been on high alert. Reuters

The Bardarbunga volcano erupted underneath the Northern Lights and a lot of videos and photos were captured of it. After weeks of speculation, the eruption of the volcano took place.

Sightseers, as well as volcanologists, have been enjoying the sight of the brilliant-coloured lava that is being spewed from the surface of the Holuhraun lave field. The ejected lava reached a height of 165 feet into the air.

The second-highest peak in Iceland is the Bardarbunga volcano with a height of 2,000 metres. On Aug. 31, it erupted, throwing molten lava to a height of about 50 metres following which a red aviation alert was raised, reports Dawn.com.

The Icelandic Met Office has been constantly changing the aviation alert to throw away fears of the disastrous 2010 eruption that affected the airline industry. Though the alert has reached red in the course of the eruptions of the last month, it hasn't affected the air travel as such.

In 2010, a similar eruption, although with more disastrous effects, took place at the Eyjafjallajokul volcano, in another region of Iceland. This eruption affected the aviation industry because the air space had to be shut down in Europe for a span of six days. More than 100,000 flights were cancelled.

According to the the Independent, the Bardarbunga volcano system, located under Vatnajoekull, the largest glacier in Europe, is the largest volcanic system in Iceland, spanning 118 miles across the country. Since Aug. 28, it has been hit by small tremors and eruption which led scientists to raise high alert in the area. One side effect that was unexpected was of the smell of sulphur which has gone as far as 800 miles west towards Norway, reported NRK, Norway's public broadcaster.

The impact of the eruption has been noticed in humans as they seem to be suffering from health-related issues like sore throats, headaches and minor irritations, but no other impacts have been observed. Geologists are not taking any chances and haven't ruled out a possibility of a much more devastating eruption at the Bardarbunga volcano.

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