Photos Of A Volcano Tornado Captured By A Professional Photographer In Iceland [Watch Video]

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

Volcanic eruptions is very common in Iceland. On Sept 4, two fissures gushing out lava were seen in Iceland, which could be seen even from space.

At the north of the Dyngujuokull glacier, lava erupted on Sep. 5 just a few days after the valley appeared because of the moving of the ground to accommodate magma from an eruption from the Holuhraun eruption, reported Utah People's Post.

The lave erupted at the same spot as the toxic tornadoes were spotted. The Holuhraun lava flow was surrounded by a cloud of sulfur dioxide gas, poisonous in nature. A column that stretched for more than a kilometre was noticed in one of the tornadoes. An infrared camera from Nicarnica recorded it all.

The camera helps track ash clouds coming from aircrafts and is now being tested for Future Volc, a project of Iceland that is an international collaboration to help monitor natural hazards in Europe.

It is believed by scientists that the ribbons were sulfur dioxide gas resembling fire tornadoes, which is basically a tornado from a volcano or fire which is different from a tornado that originates from thunderstorms. Volcanic tornadoes arise from the ground, reaching the sky. A column is created because of super-heated dry air that spins really fast.

The volcano tornadoes are being referred to as wind anomalies from thermal convection by the Icelandic Met Office, and they have advised the people to be careful and stay away from the lava field. Tourists who were going close to the hazard zone were arrested on Sept 1.

A professional photographer, Einar Gudman, captured stills of the volcano tornadoes, paying absolutely no attention to the advise that was given by the scientists and the Icelandic Met Office, turning a deaf ear towards it.

On Aug. 28, the eruptions started, and currently, the laval flow, covering a distance of 7.3 square miles, is going through the Jokulsa a Fjollum River.

The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland erupted, throwing lava to a distance of more than 50 metres into the air on Aug 31, reported Dawn.com. Due to the risk of ash as a blockage for aircrafts, an aviation alert had been raised to the highest level.

In an incident 4 years ago, in 2010, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano, in another region of Iceland, led to the shutting down of the air space in Europe for a span of six days, with over 100,000 flights being cancelled, in fear that the ash cloud from the eruption will affect it.