Egill Bjarnason

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Egill Bjarnason

A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting on Tuesday, prompting the closure of the popular Blue Lagoon tourist destination and threatening the town of Grindavik, about 25 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. The country's meteorological office said that the length of the magma intrusion - about seven miles - was the longest measured since November 2023, when the authorities ordered Grindavik's approximately 4,000 residents to evacuate.

Sep 13, 2024 | lonelyplanetitalia.it | Egill Bjarnason

L'autore islandese Egill Bjarnason spiega come organizzare un viaggio per vedere l'aurora boreale. Bisogna organizzarsi bene, ma la vivere l’esperienza dell’aurora boreale è un’emozione incredibile © Cavan Images /Getty Images Agli occhi dei miei amici stranieri, l’aurora boreale mi fa sempre apparire come un eccentrico che descrive un’allucinazione usando parole esagerate.

May 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Egill Bjarnason

Un volcán situado en el suroeste de Islandia entró en erupción el miércoles por quinta vez desde diciembre, rompió la cresta de la montaña Sundhnuka con una fuerza espectacular, y lanzó chorros de lava de hasta 45 metros de altura.

May 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Egill Bjarnason

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday for the fifth time since December, cracking the Sundhnjukar mountain ridge open with spectacular force and sending lava spewing 150 feet into the air.

Mar 16, 2024 | nytimes.com | Egill Bjarnason |Yan Zhuang

A volcano erupted with little notice in southern Iceland on Saturday night, the latest in a string of eruptions in the area, threatening local infrastructure and leading the authorities to declare a state of emergency. Lava fountains burst out of the ground, and a nearly two-mile long fissure opened up on the Reykjanes Peninsula at about 8:30 p.m., the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.