Svartsengi volcano update: emissions of incandescent, fluid lava by fountaining and lava flows continue

Red-to-orange lava continues to flow away from the fissure (image: <link https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2024-08-22-dregid-verdur-ur-vidbragdi-yfir-hanottina-420078 _blank>ruv.is</link>)

The eruption goes on.

The fountaining continues along the eruptive fissure, generating lava flows with the main lava flow front already mainly traveling north.
The fissure consists of a cluster of vents, above which a group of cinder cones, known as spatter ramparts, has already begun to form.

Narrow vents, high fountaining and spatter cones are usually associated with early eruption phases, but as eruption goes on, vents are expected to get wider by erosion with time, and the formation of lava shields and vast lava flows are predicted.