Icelandic eruptions

Thursday 04 September 2014 13:47 BST

In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland. The alert warning for the area surrounding Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano remained at orange, indicati

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A plane flying over the Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke in southeast Iceland

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An aerial picture shows lava flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland

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The Bardarbunga volcano system has been rocked by hundreds of tremors daily since mid-August, prompting fears the volcano could explode

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The Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke

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Fire and smoke rising from the Bardarbunga volcano

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In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland. The alert warning for the area surrounding Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano remained at orange, indicating that it is showing increased unrest with greater potential for an explosive eruption

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Smoke and lava rise from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland

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A close up of lava from an eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace

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A man stands near to a lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland

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Smoke rises from the lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland

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The sky over the site of a lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland

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The lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland

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Clouds over a 1-km-long fissure in a lava field north of the Vatnajokull glacier, which covers part of Bardarbunga volcano system

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A magma along a 1-km-long fissure in a lava field north of the Vatnajokull glacier, which covers part of Bardarbunga volcano system

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An aerial view of white clouds of smoke and steam rising from a fissure eruption of the Holuhraun lava field north of the Vatnajokull glacier

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