Inside Icelands New Battle

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Inside Icelands new battle to tame a wave of deadly lava

After three years of fiery eruptions, experts are now confident that Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula has entered a new fiery phase.

A fiery beast has awoken from centuries of slumber. The past three years have seen it create cracks in Earth’s crust on the southwestern tip of Iceland and belch fountains of lava up through them.

It’s captivated people worldwide and inspired a mix of awe and fear. Experts say that after 800 years of quiet, this beast – the Icelandic fault line – has entered a new period of activity that could last decades.

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