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Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash (and sometimes ice ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which generate static electricity within the volcanic plume , [ 3 ] leading to the name dirty thunderstorm .
Check out the gallery above for photos of the eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano under the Northern Lights (originally published by TIME), and more nature photos of Iceland. By BRITTANY VANBIBBER ...
Photos show Icelandic volcano erupting for 10th time in 3 years. Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland, in this handout picture ...
Nature put on quite the show in Iceland this week.. A time-lapse video captured the northern lights above orange clouds of smoke billowing from an erupting volcano in the southwest part of the ...
At the mouth of the crater, the gases, ejecta, and volcanic plume created a rare weather phenomenon known as volcanic lightning (or a "dirty thunderstorm"). [68] When rocks and other ejecta collide with one another, they create static electricity. This, with the abundant water-ice at the summit, aids in making lightning. [69]
Sundhnúksgígar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsʏntˌn̥uksˌciːɣar̥]) or Sundhnúkagígar are volcanic craters east of Eldvörp–Svartsengi in Iceland. They are named after Sundhnúkur, which is a hill just south of Sundhnúksgígar. The craters are aligned in a row called Sundhnúksgígaröðin. The first eruption of the crater row took ...
Iceland is accustomed to volcanic eruption and is home to 33 active volcanoes, reported AFP. Reykjanes peninsula itself has seen three eruptions since 2021, one each year – in March 2021, August ...
Hamarinn and Hamarskriki in front of Vatnajökull. The Loki-Fögrufjöll (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlɔːcɪ-ˈfœɣrʏˌfjœtl̥] ⓘ volcanic system; [2] also known as Hamarinn [ˈhaːmarɪn] after its central volcano or Lokahryggur [ˈlɔːkaˌr̥ɪkːʏr̥]) is a subglacial volcano under the Vatnajökull glacier.