When I heard yesterday that a volcano in Iceland had erupted and that airports across Europe were closed I thought it was a joke. But unfortunately it wasn’t. The volcano, Eyjafjallajökull (no ...

Imagery of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. April 16, 2010. By now, ... Open Google Earth, open the More category in the Layers panel, and turn on GeoEye Featured Imagery.

Iceland’s Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano, located in one of the country's most populated areas, erupted Monday night, opening a 2.5 mile long crack in the earth and sending a river of lava toward ...

Iceland is a place where the impossible becomes real,a land forged by fire and ice, where nature sculpts otherworldly scenes ...

The island nation of Iceland is sometimes called “the land of ice and fire.” Early settlers witnessed several great “fires” – or volcanic eruptions – along the Reykjanes Peninsula.. After about 800 ...

Seth Doane travels to Iceland where a new volcano is spewing lava from an unusually deep place in the Earth. See the story on 60 Minutes Plus, streaming now on Paramount Plus.

Dramatic video from Iceland's coast guard shows fountains of lava soaring more than 165 feet into the darkened skies. A plume of vapor rose about 1½ miles above the volcano.

Iceland is a unique place on Earth. It is part of a huge chain of volcanoes submerged in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, with Iceland being exposed above the ocean's surface.

In 2010, the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano created an enormous eruption plume that grounded most air traffic above Europe for more than a week, causing travel disruption for ...

The volcano on Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .