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A Lassie On Laki: Josie Takes Us On Another Mountainous Adventure
What do the French Revolution, national bard of Scotland Robert Burns, and Iceland all have in common? The answer is Laki—a volcanic fissure in the south of Iceland that was responsible for an eight-month long eruption that began in June 1783 and…
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Witches’ Lava By Now Largest Field Since 1780s
Covering an area of 65 km2, Nornahraun, or Witches’ lava, created by the eruptions around Bárðarbunga, has become the largest new lava field in Iceland since the eruptions in Laki, 1783-1784. At 600 km2, the lava field created by the catastrophic events…