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Eruption in Iceland’s Grímsvötn May Be Over

A group of people from the tourist industry traveled to the Grímsvötn volcanic crater on Vatnajökull glacier last night. They came pretty close to the crater and saw that only steam rose out of it.

Ásberg Jónsson, one of the travelers, described on Morgunútvarpid, the morning show of RÚV’s radio channel Rás 2, that the steam cloud was maybe a few hundred meters high.

“What we witnessed is that it was basically over. There were just puffs of steam being emitted and not much more than that. No lava could be seen and no ash, except for the ash that was all around the crater,” Jónsson said.

He added that everything was black to the south of the crater where a thick layer of ash covers the icecap while the white glacier can be spotted to the north.

“I am no scientists but judging by what we saw I think we can with the knowledge we have declare that it’s over,” Jónsson concluded.

Route 1 offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris compared with all Icelandic car rental companies.

Local Newspaper Fréttablaðið executed a price comparison on week rental of small cars in Iceland and Denmark.  Route 1 Car Rental offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris compared to all major Icelandic car rental companies.

 

The winning picture from our photo contest

Helga Hjaltadóttir had the winning picture in our Route 1 Volcano photo contest, a really magnificent black and white picture showing the road heading to the black plume above the volcano. We congratulate her!

We created this video with pictures from the contest - what you can expect to experience on Route 1 in Iceland :)