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Sascha Pare

Earth's newest 'baby' volcano is painting Iceland's Fagradalsfjall region with incandescent lava

Lava from the latest eruption is flowing southward toward the site of a previous eruption, which occurred in August 2022. (Image credit: IMO/Elísabet Pálmadóttir)

Earth's newest volcano has been born via a brand new volcanic fissure that opened up on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, spewing fountains of molten rock from the ground. 

The event marks the third year in a row that the underlying Fagradalsfjall lava field has erupted.

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