According to Fréttablaðið, after yesterday’s closing, the eruption site opened today at 10:00.
Lifeguards advise you to bring crampons as the trail is extremely slippery due to bad weather at night. At night and in the morning, a northerly wind of 8-15 m / s will blow near the volcano and the pollutants will be carried south. On Tuesday, a north wind of 5-10 m / s is expected, which in the evening will weaken and change direction to the west.
Icelandic meteorological services believe that the volcano’s pollution will not exceed health limits, which means that it will be safe to visit the eruption site for the next two days.
Police from Suðurnes also said that “It is slippery on the hiking trails leading to the eruption site. People who intend to visit eruption sites today are strongly advised to be well prepared and also to take walking poles with them “.
Yesterday, many people made it to the eruption site in Geldingadalur, as the weather was the best in a long time. Bogi Adolfsson, chairman of the Þorbjörn emergency department in Grindavík, said that the last time so many people visited the site in the first days after the eruption.
As reported by mbl.is, a lava lake formed in Geldingadalur a few days ago. Hot lava flowed from beneath a solidified crust, which crumbled to form a bright red lava lake east of one of the craters. This fascinating phenomenon was filmed by Aníta Ólöf Jónsdóttir. Her video can be viewed on Facebook on the Hekluhestar website – HERE.
Source: Yle