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by Eggert Norðdahl - © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. - © Eggert Norðdahl/Demotix/Corbis
Bardarbunga's volcano eruptive fissure in spectacular show of force
04 Sep 2014, Reykjavík, Iceland --- Reykjavik, Iceland. 4th September 2014 -- A plane flies dangerously above the Holuhraun eruption. Fissure is already starting to build scoria cones around the most active vents. -- For the last two days a 1800 meters long eruptive fissure on Bárðarbunga volcano system, known as Holuhraun, spews ash and lava fountains reaching up to 100 meters high in what is viewed as Bárðarbunga's most powerful crater. --- Image by © Eggert Norðdahl/Demotix/Corbis