Spatter ramparts and the spatter cone at the current eruption site (image: Gisli Olafsson/twitter)
The effusive eruption has continued throughout the last night.
The continuous „curtain of fire“ has been already building elongated steep-sided ridges due to piling up hot, juvenile and plastic lava fragments around the fissure, so-called spatter ramparts.
The RÚV launched another live streaming showing the better, full-size fissure view where a new spatter cone is being observed that has formed above the vent.
The first estimated lava flow rate is about 20-50 m3/second.
The helicopter is flying over the eruptive fissure (source: @salvor/twitter)
It is beautiful. Real time here: https://t.co/qYH5EVBoOZ #eruption #fagradalsfjall #reykjanes #iceland pic.twitter.com/Vgx3fdjs7P
— Salvor Kristjana (@salvor) August 3, 2022
Spatter cone forming around the vent (image: Ben Edwards/twitter)