A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defence to be on high alert.
The eruption appears to have occurred about four kilometres from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. Grainy webcam video showed the moment of the eruption as a flash of light illuminating the sky at 10:17 p.m. local time.
As the eruption spread, magma, or semi-molten rock, could be seen spewing along the ridge of a hill.
“The magma flow seems to be at least a hundred cubic metres per second, maybe more. So this would be considered
