Eyjafjallajökull Volcano: Crossing the steaming dried lava field. Iceland 2012. video 1

Published: 22 July 2012
on channel: William Burnett

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The still hot and steaming solidified lava field, known as Goðahraun, on Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland as filmed in July 2012.

This is the location of the two smaller side vents that erupted first on 20th March 2010, opening a fissure right across the Fimmvörðuháls mountain pass between the icecaps of Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull and cutting the trekking route in two (which has now been reinstated across this field - you can see the marker posts). These side vents, which are still hot, but just cool enough to climb and stand on top of, and are called "Magni" and "Móði", after the sons of Thor, the Norse god of thunder. About 3 weeks later in April 2010, the main vent higher up under the glacier began to erupt, and it was this that threw out enough ash to close all of European airspace for a week!

Reaching this location involves a few hours hiking from either Skogar on the coast or the beautiful valley of Þórsmörk further inland on the other side of the mountain. It's a beautiful and spectacular walk from lush green valleys, up steep, alpine-like slopes, across high bare rock plateaus and then up steep inclines of deep black powdered ash from the 2010 eruption interspersed with stunning snowfields.

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