{"id":63458,"date":"2021-05-03T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63458"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:56:21","slug":"monster-size-lava-fountain-erupts-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63458","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Monster-Size Lava Fountain&#8221; Erupts In Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>An Icelandic resident uploaded a stunning video on YouTube of a new volcanic eruption early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube\u00a0<em>&#8220;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JX-H_sRMSUY&amp;t=22s\"><em>Sigf\u00fas Steind\u00f3rsson<\/em><\/a><em>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0has been following a new fissure vent that opened a couple of weeks ago and is visible from Reykjav\u00edk, the capital of Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>The latest development from the fissure was a &#8220;monster-size lava fountain, the biggest since the eruption started,&#8221; said Steind\u00f3rsson. They said the eruption occurred around midnight local time and was filmed around 0200\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JX-H_sRMSUY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Twitter handle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the3DPodcast2\/status\/1388853965094273025\"><em>&#8220;the 3D Podcast&#8221;<\/em><\/a>\u00a0caught a similar view of the eruption early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_15-01-57.png?itok=Y6TwT561\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_15-01-57.png?itok=Y6TwT561\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_15-01-57.png?itok=Y6TwT561\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0948d607-a5c4-4540-81b2-95bc0cc1ce41\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve noted the Reykjanes Peninsula has been dormant for a number of years, and volcanic activity sprung back to life in March after tens of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/thousands-quakes-rock-iceland-volcanic-eruption-could-be-brewing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thousands of earthquakes<\/a>\u00a0were recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the current map of active volcanoes around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_14-52-12.png?itok=N4Uqa-26\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_14-52-12.png?itok=N4Uqa-26\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-05-02_14-52-12.png?itok=N4Uqa-26\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"81ef6ac5-f813-4f85-8f13-035ff115c226\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no telling when volcanic activity in Iceland will simmer down.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/monster-size-lava-fountain-erupts-iceland\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/monster-size-lava-fountain-erupts-iceland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}