In this area, there ar over 30 lava craters that spewed lava two hundred years ago.
This is a picture of the molten lava fields in the area. The lava rocks are now moss covered.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Laki Craters
The main part of today was spent at the Laki craters. In this area of the Icelandic interior, a large fissure broke open in 1783, and flooded Iceland with the largest lava flow ever recorded. As the story goes, after eight days of lava flow, a local priest gave a sermon condemning Icelanders for causing this disaster. God was paying Iceland back for their vile behavior. As the flow approached his village - it miracously stopped. His speech is known as the "Sermon of Fire".
In this area, there ar over 30 lava craters that spewed lava two hundred years ago.
This is a picture of the molten lava fields in the area. The lava rocks are now moss covered.
In this area, there ar over 30 lava craters that spewed lava two hundred years ago.
This is a picture of the molten lava fields in the area. The lava rocks are now moss covered.
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that is so pretty
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