Iceland Monitor | mbl | 9.10.2014 | 15:07

A red sun rises over Reykjavík

Red Moon? Cool, but Reykjavík got the red sun.
Red Moon? Cool, but Reykjavík got the red sun. ©Óttar Sveinsson

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Bárðarbunga and Holuhraun

Bárðarbunga erupted in 2014- 2015.

Earthquake in Bárðarbunga this morning

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Re­cently, news of the blood moon swept the world. Pretty nice, but noth­ing com­pared to the red sun that rose over Reyk­javík this morn­ing.

The peo­ple of Reyk­javík (and be­yond) woke up to some amaz­ing sights when the sun rose this morn­ing. Sul­phur diox­ide pol­lu­tion from the Holuhraun erup­tion has reached Reyk­javík, caus­ing the sun to look...well...amaz­ing.

The pol­lu­tion is not dan­ger­ous to hu­mans, but peo­ple with un­der­ly­ing con­di­tions, such as asthma, have been ad­vised to stay in­doors. Let's just hope no blood has been spilled this night. So, en­joy the show.

This is actually Iceland, not from Dune.
This is ac­tu­ally Ice­land, not from Dune. ©mbl.is/Ó​mar Óskars­son
No words.
No words. ©Óttar Sveins­son
The morning sun gently rising over the Reykjavík suburbs.
The morn­ing sun gen­tly ris­ing over the Reyk­javík sub­urbs. ©Bir­gir Hákon Valdimars­son
The moon was also pretty amazing.
The moon was also pretty amaz­ing. ©Svava Arnardót­tir
The sun over the mountains.
The sun over the moun­tains. ©Helga Rakel Stefnis­dót­tir
This photo was taken from the seaside village of Stokkseyri.
This photo was taken from the sea­side vil­lage of Stokkseyri. ©Björg Þorkels­dót­tir

Topic

Bárðar­bunga and Holuhraun

Bárðarbunga erupted in 2014- 2015.

Earth­quake in Bárðar­bunga this morn­ing

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