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JOE VS THE VOLCANO

IT ALL began on an innocent Friday night not so long ago when an orange glow appeared on the horizon. Just to the west of the nation’s capital, Reykjavik, which is where I currently reside. To give you some sort of context, the red glow caused by the hot molten only made its appearance after over 50,000 earthquakes had hit Reykjavik and the surrounding areas. On average we have about 500 earthquakes here a week. Still want to live in Iceland?

At long last we had some live lava action that might be worthy of capture on my cameras. First at the scene were the helicopters, then the planes. Followed by the official confirmation: there was a new lava flow at Mount Fagradalsfjall, which is only an hour’s drive away from my apartment.

The very same night

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