Volcanoes in Iceland

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.